Ulaanbaatar
President Khurelsukh Arrives in Italy for State Visit
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, December 1, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, together with First Lady Bolortsetseg Luvsandorj, has arrived in Rome to pay a State Visit from December 1 to 3, 2025, at the invitation of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
President Khurelsukh was welcomed at
the Fiucimino International Airport by a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of
Italy and the Head of the Italy-Mongolia Parliamentary Group, Nicola Carè, Head
of Diplomatic Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation, Bruno Pasquino, Ambassador of Italy to Mongolia, Giovanna Piccarreta,
Deputy Chief of Protocol of the Secretariat of State, Bruno Bastos Lins from
the Italian side, and by the Ambassador of Mongolia to Italy, Narantungalag Tserendorj,
and Ambassador of Mongolia to the Holy See, Gerelmaa Davaansuren, from the
Mongolian side.
The State Visit is taking place within
the framework of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations between Mongolia and Italy.
The Republic of Italy, whose roots
trace back to the Roman Empire, was unified as a kingdom in 1861. In 1946, following
a nationwide referendum, the country adopted a republican form of government,
laying the foundation for what is today a politically and economically
influential member of the G7.
Italy shares borders with Austria,
France, the Holy See, San Marino, Slovenia, and Switzerland, and is a key
member of NATO and the European Union. The country has a population of 59
million and a GDP of USD 2.2 trillion. Its economy is driven primarily by
services (65%), followed by industry (23%) and agriculture (2%). Italy exports
industrial machinery, equipment, transport vehicles, textiles, metal products,
and pharmaceuticals worth EUR 623 billion, while importing petroleum, natural
gas, transport vehicles, metal goods, food products, and equipment totaling EUR
568 billion.
Foreign direct investment stands at EUR 452 million. Italy possesses significant reserves of coal, mercury, zinc, marble, fluorspar, natural gas, and marine resources. The country is also renowned as the birthplace of historic and cultural figures well known to Mongolians, including Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, Michelangelo, and Luciano Pavarotti.
