DEPUTY PREMIER D.TERBISHDAGVA MEETS MR S.YE.DONSKOY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia and head of the Mongolia-Russia intergovernmental commission D.Terbishdagva Friday received visiting Mr S.Ye. Donskoy, the Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, and the commission’s chairman for the Russian side. Mr Terbishdagva noted that Mongolia is preparing for a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Khalkh River Battle Victory, and said Mongolia is thankful to Russia for attaching a great importance to the event. “We are paying a great attention to an upcoming visit of the Russian President to Mongolia,” Mr Terbishdagva said, adding that the sides intend to establish a middle-term programme on developing the bilateral strategic partnership during the visit. Mr Donskoy said Russia is also attaching a great significance to the anniversary. “Our President Mr Putin is expected to pay a high-level visit to Mongolia on September 3. This is an expression of our attaching of importance to the event,” Mr Donskoy underlined. Mentioning that the countries will sign a number of documents on the bilateral cooperation, Mr Donskoy said his country aspires to intensify the realization of decisions which have been made at the previous meetings of the intergovernmental commission. He said the bilateral trade turnover is declining recent years, and then put forward a proposal to bring the commercial and economic cooperation into a new level. Boosting the strategic partnership relations with the Russian Federation is one of the priorities of the Mongolia’s foreign policy, the Deputy Premier noted. Keeping a frequency of high-level mutual visits and talks has a big importance for a development of the ties and cooperation, he went on. Mr Terbishdagva expressed his satisfaction with successful implementation of specific matters reflected in a protocol established during the 17th meeting of the intergovernmental commission.