Улаанбаатар
Premier Ch.Saikhanbileg meets Russian cosmonauts
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Prime Minister of Mongolia Ch.Saikhanbileg received Monday Russian veteran cosmonauts who are visiting Mongolia these days.
This meeting was attended by Major-General A.A.Leonov, a cosmonaut and twice-Hero of Russia; Major-General V.A.Dzhanibekov, twice-Hero of Russia and Hero of Mongolia; and Major-General Bertalan Farkas, the first cosmonaut of Hungary and Hero of Hungary and Russia.
The Premier underlined that the 95th anniversary of the Mongolia-Russia diplomatic relations and the 35th anniversary of the Mongolia-Soviet joint space flight are marked this year, and emphasized Mongolia and its nation always respect the cosmonauts.
During the meeting, the Premier granted the Polar Star Order of Mongolia to the Hungarian cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas awarded by a decree of the Mongolian President. Then, Saikhanbileg congratulated I.K.Azizov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Mongolia, on his 60th birthday, giving to him a silver cup and khadag (silk scarf).
Commander of the Soyuz-39 spacecraft V.A.Dzhanibekov, who flown with the Mongolian first cosmonaut J.Gurragchaa, is visiting here 10th time, and A.A.Leonov, who was included in the first unit of astronauts of Russia comprising Yu.A.Gagarin, the very first cosmonaut of the world, is travelling second time. Meanwhile, the Hungarian first cosmonaut Bertalan Farkas is visiting Mongolia for the first time.
Present at the meeting were J.Gurragchaa, the first cosmonaut of Mongolia; and M.Ganzorig, backup cosmonaut of the Soyuz-39 spacecraft.
