Defense Minister meets Cuban Ambassador

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On January 4, B.Bat-Erdene, Defense Minister of Mongolia received Raul Delgado Concepcion, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to Mongolia. At the meeting, Ambassador, Raul Delgado Concepcion said that he is happy to cooperate with Defense MinisterB.Bat-Erdene, former well-known traditional wrestler. The Defense Minister informed that he has been working as a head of the Mongolian-Cuban Parliamentary Group since 2004 and said that the Parliamentary group has been contributing greatly to the development of bilateral ties of Mongolia and Cuba. At the invitation of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba, a delegation of the Mongolian Parliament headed by D.Lundeejantsan, then-Deputy Parliament Speaker paid a working visit in 2007 and delegates led by L.Enebish, former Parliament Speaker paid an official visit to the Cuba in 2001. These visits have been serving as a bridge to maintain friendly and close relations between the two countries. Defense Minister B.Bat-Erdene thanked for the government of Cuba for granting scholarships to the Mongolian students for many years and medical students are still enjoying the benefits of this when studying in Cuba. He further underlined that the two countries have great potential to cooperate in defense and sports fields. In response, Cuban Ambassador Raul Delgado Concepcion said that the two countries have broad opportunities to collaborate in several areas for the future development of defense cooperation. He notes that it is possible to collaborate by exchanging medical specialists between the two countries of the Central Military Hospitals.