Улаанбаатар
Foreign Minister continues visit to Russia
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Ts.Munkh-Orgil is paying a visit to the Russian Federation at the invitation of his Russian counterpart S.V.Lavrov on February 13-14.
In frames of the visit, the foreign ministers held talks on issues concerning bilateral and international relations. At the press briefing after the talks, Mr Sergey Lavrov stated “We value that the bilateral relations between Mongolia and Russia are founded on long-standing economic, humanitarian and historical ties, and our common position on regional and global issues as good neighbors. The aspiration of the two countries’ leaders to achieve maximum effectiveness of the strategic partnership potentials have been reflected in the 2009 Declaration. Based on this Declaration, the Medium-Term Program, incorporating the major objectives on developing cooperation in politics, trade-economy, investment, culture, education and global affairs, was signed in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar. The successful implementation of the program gives an impetus to acrtivate ties on all levels”.
While mentioning that the two countries’ political relations have been flourishing in accordance with the strategic partnership principles and high level working visits and dialogues have been taking place on more regular basis between parliaments, national security councils and ministries, Foreign Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil underlined the upcoming visit of Prime Minister J.Erdenebat to Russia will be of great significance in intensifying the relations, especially the economic and commercial ties and in maintaining the frequency of political dialogues.
The foreign ministers also discussed the timely needs to enrich ties with economic contents, to promote development of cooperation in transport, agriculture and energy, and to activate trade and ties between border regions of Mongolia and Russia. The sides have agreed to put certain measures execution in order to realize the provisions of the Medium-Term Program, and to upgrade bilateral relations by jointly implementing projects reflected in the Tripartite Program on Establishing Mongolia-Russia-China Economic Corridor.
The dignitaries also exchanged views on pressing issues of international relations and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, and arranged to coordinate one another’s position and action in the global arena through close cooperation in the scope of the United Nations, Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Eurasian Economic Commission, reports Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia.
