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President Elbegdorj meets Commerce Minister of China

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj received Thursday Mr Gao Hucheng, the Chinese Minister of Commerce who is on a visit in Ulaanbaatar to co-chair the 14th meeting of the Mongolia-China intergovernmental commission for the trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation. Expressing thanks to the President for an audience, Mr Hucheng said “During the state visit of Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to Mongolia in 2014, the two countries upgraded the level of its partnership from strategic to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership. This has opened a new chapter in the history of the bilateral relations and brought mutual ties on their best moment. I would like to convey warm greetings of the President Xi Jinping to you, Mr President”, he said. Recalling his conversations regarding the bilateral relations and dialogue with the President of China Xi Jinping and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang respectively, President Elbegdorj highlighted that the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement is the most important document signed between the countries in past years. He said it is notable that the relevant Ministries and organizations are making great endeavors in this regard. “I see Mr Hucheng’s visit to Mongolia as the visit that will give a great impetus to forwarding the implementation of intergovernmental agreements reached. I believe there will be an opportunity to meet the President of China Xi Jinping during a trilateral meeting of the State Heads of Mongolia, China and Russia on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization /SCO/ Summit in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in June. I have been reported that documents and agreements to be signed at the meeting are elaborated well,” President said. Mr Elbegdorj added that he hopes the Premier of the PRC State Council Li Keqiang will visit Mongolia during the 11th ASEM Summit to be held this July in Ulaanbaatar, and then conveyed his greetings to Xi Jinping. In turn, Mr Hucheng briefed about the results of the intergovernmental commission meeting which focused on ensuring the implementation of agreements reached during the state visits paid by Xi Jinping to Mongolia in 2014 and Elbegdorj to China in 2015 respectively. “Chinese side is attaching importance to an issue initiated by Mr Elbegdorj concerning meat export of Mongolia to China. By now, a start has been given to importing meat from five western provinces of Mongolia. Besides, China is currently considering a request Mongolia has forwarded on mobilizing the Tianjin port and other ports in northern region of China,” said Hucheng. The intergovernmental commission meeting also touched upon an issue of starting joint research regarding China-Mongolia economic free zone and launching joint projects of lerger scale.

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