L.Purevsuren FM meets French Minister

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs has met with Mr Jean-Marc Ayrault, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, in Paris in scope of his visit to France, the Mongolian MFA published Tuesday. The Ministers discussed issues on a possibility of participation of the President of France Francois Hollande in the forthcoming 11th ASEM Summit this July in UB. Mr Purevsuren noted that France is a Third Neighbor and one of the major partners of Mongolia and added that the Mongolia-France cooperation has been intensifying in the political, economic and cultural spheres. In the light of its goal to diversify its economy, Mongolia aspires to collaborate with France in the agricultural sector, said the Mongolian Minister. In turn, the French Minister Mr Ayrault emphasized the bilateral relations have been developing dynamically and agreed with his Mongolian counterpart about a high significance of the upcoming 11th ASEM Summit. He said the French side believes that bilateral cooperation would progress in the areas of energy, space and other scientific spheres.