PRESIDENT RECEIVES PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In Japan with the working visit, the President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj Monday received Mr Hayashi Motoo, a head of the group for developing the Japan-Mongolia relations at the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP); his deputy Mr Shiozaki Yasuhisa; and Mr Nishimura Yasutoshi, the group's secretary-general. Thanking the President for visiting Japan, Mr Hayashi said the Mongolia-Japan intergovernmental ties have been developing successfully and that his country is also paying a great deal of attention to boosting of the inter-parliamentary relations with Mongolia. “We actively run inter-parliamentary visits and meetings, and fully support Your efforts, Mister President, in promoting the cooperation in the private sectors' sphere. Meetings and visits of MPs are fruitful when they run with a participation of the private sectors,” Mr Hayashi emphasized. In response, the leader of Mongolia said that a purpose of his visit "is clear--to hold negotiations with the Prime Minister Mr Shinzo Abe and to sign a joint statement". A Mongolia-Japan business forum within this visit is to have a great importance, Mr Elbegdorj added and underlined an importance of making stronger the bilateral cooperation. Present at the meeting were Mr S.Khurelbaatar, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Japan; Mr Ch.Saikhanbileg, a head of the Cabinet Secretariat for Government; Mr D.Gankhuyag, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Mr L.Purevsuren, an advisor to the President on foreign policy.