MONGOLIAN FM MEETS JOHN KERRY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Purevsuren, who is in the USA with an official visit, met the State Secretary of the US Mr John Kerry on July 15. Our FM extended congratulations to the USA on the historic deal with Iran and the successful diplomacy. Mr Kerry thanked L.Purevsuren and said the Mongolian FM has become the first foreign guest to be received after the prolonged complicated talks with Iran. In response, the FM said this year marks the 25th anniversary of Mongolia’s first democratic election, and thanked the USA for consistent support for the democratic processes in Mongolia and for cooperation as the leading "Third neighbor" of Mongolia in the economic partnership and in protecting global peace. He also underlined that Mongolia attaches great importance to the comprehensive partnership with the USA, "these ties must be enriched with more economic contents by away of increasing the US investments in Mongolia’s infrastructure and energy spheres". The United States is happy to congratulate friends in Mongolia on 25 years of democracy, said Mr Kerry and highlighted that Mongolia have taken leadership positions in democracy and democracy support. "Mongolians very involved in supporting Burma, supporting Kyrgyzstan. They have got a very bold program to do that. They are supportive of the United States in keeping troops in Afghanistan alongside us, being supportive of UN peacekeeping missions. And we just had a visit from the Prime Minister recently working on economic cooperation and other issues," he said. The dignitaries also exchanged views on the matters of regional and international relations, particularly of the two countries’ cooperation in Asia-Pacific affairs, in North-East Asian security and economic integration issues.