Defense Minister receives Ambassadors of France and Japan

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On Tuesday, the Minister of Defense Ts.Tsolmon received the French Ambassador Mr Yves Delaunay and Japan's Ambassador Shimizu Takenori to disucss the cooperation in defense sphere and its development. At the meeting with Mr Delaunay, the Minister expressed his heartfelt condolences for the deaths of French nationals in terrorist operations. After this, the sides discussed joint defense works on the sidelines of the marking of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, happening this year. At the meeting with Mr Takenori, the Minister noted that the defense relations have been maintaining a significance in the ties between Mongolia and Japan, and expressed his interest in upgrading the current level of this cooperation. The dignitaries also exchanged opinions on the further cooperation. The Ministries of defense of Mongolia and Japan signed a Memorandum of understanding in 2012 that intensified the development of the defense cooperation. In specific, the MoU improved the all-level interactions and visits, information sharing on the regional security, organizing of consultative meetings, and cooperation in military cadres’ trainings, engineering and military medicine.