FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS HUGO SWIRE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold Thursday received visiting Mr Hugo Swire, the Minister of State for the Foreign Office of the United Kingdom. The dignitaries exchanged views on the Mongolia-Britain bilateral relations, international and regional issues, including the Korean Peninsula, a current crisis in Ukraine and a matter of Afghanistan. In a scope of the two-day visit, Mr Swire will visit the Oyu Tolgoi mine, becoming the first British Minister to leg this site. Mr Swire said: “The Foreign Secretary’s visit to Mongolia last year was testament to the importance we place on our partnership with Mongolia. We were the first western country to establish relations with Mongolia in 1963, and in 2013 we celebrated fifty years of diplomatic relations. They remain as strong now as they were at the start." "I look forward to working together on international issues around security, defense and economic growth as well as promoting British business and meeting Chevening scholars. And I hope in particular to have productive discussions on the future development of the Oyu Tolgoi mine--a major British investment and a huge opportunity for Mongolia,” he said.