50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED HERE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Mongolia and Switzerland and the 10th anniversary of the Representation establishment of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation /SDC/ in Mongolia, an event of honor ran at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday. It has been co-organized by L.Bold, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by Mr Jean-Jacques de Dardel, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Mongolia. Among the gathered were members of the government and parliament, delegates of the Diplomatic Corps in the UB city and Swiss-collaborative organizations of education, culture, art, sciences, trade and business sectors, and a Director-General of the SDC. A photo exhibition about Mongolia and Switzerland opened, it will be on display on the Chingis Square until May 24. In recent years, the sides have paid mutual visits, for example, the President of Mongolia and the Foreign Affairs Ministry to this country, and the Vice President of Swiss Confederation and the President of the National Council to Mongolia. Mongolia and Switzerland established diplomatic relations May 22 of 1964.