M.Enkhbold meets Senate member of Italy

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Chairman of the State Great Khural M.Enkhbold received Monday a delegation led by Antonio Razzi, a member of the Senate of Italy. Beginning the meeting, the Speaker extended on behalf of the Mongolian parliament and on his behalf condolences to Italy on loss of many lives due to a strong earthquake hit the central area of Italy last month. M.Enkhbold emphasized that Mongolia attaches a great importance to the relations with Italy and considers the country as one of the Third Neighbors of Mongolia. “Our relations and cooperation have been intensifying over the recent years. A visit of the Mongolian President to Italy and an official visit of Pietro Grasso, the President of the Italian Senate to Mongolia were a vivid evidence of the boosting of the bilateral relations, and these visits have contributed to progressing the ties,” the Speaker said. He then underlined an importance of the legislative bodies’ ties for enhancing the cooperation in all spheres, and said the Mongolian parliament will continue backing it. The Speaker highlighted an importance of opening the Italian Embassy in Mongolia for bringing the bilateral relations into a new level, and said it is vital to host meetings of the Mongolia-Italy intergovernmental commission in near future and to realize agreements reached between the countries. The bilateral relations can be enriched with economic contents, the Speaker said, and asked Antonio Razzi to pay attention to broadening the collaboration by encouraging businessmen, promoting light industry, tannery and the infrastructure. In turn, Antonio Razzi thanked the Speaker for the audience. He pointed out that opening the Embassy in Mongolia was a long-year aspiration, and underlined the countries have a big potential to widen their relations. Noting that a development of Mongolia has been progressing at a high pace, the Senator said Italy is able to cooperate in the infrastructure sector of Mongolia and on an economic corridor to be created among Mongolia, Russia and China. He added that his country is one of the leading countries in leather processing, so Italy aspires to cooperate with Mongolia in this industry. At the end of the meeting, the Speaker conveyed his greetings to Pitero Grasso, the President of the Senate.