Speaker meets President of Japan House of Councillors

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Speaker of Mongolian parliament Z.Enkhbold met on Tuesday with the President of the House of Councillors of Japan Mr M.Yamazaki. Mr Yamazaki thanked the Speaker for paying the official visit to Japan. "Our two nations have been co-existing peacefully over the course of the history," he said and emphasized a role of the parliamentary groups in the high level of the relations achieved so far. He expressed a satisfaction with Mongolia's giving a priority to the relations with its "Third neighbors" and a gratitude to the Mongolian Government for its support for Japan in being selected as the host country of the Olympic Games of 2020. "I wish that the ties between the two nations would expand through the major sports events," he added. In response, Mr Enkhbold said the House of Councillors, its members and the Mongolia-Japan inter-parliamentary friendship group members are making an active contribution to the development of the bilateral relations, and expressed a satisfaction with the consolidation of trust in the political relations and in the development of the relations of cooperation between the two countries. Mongolia aspires to deepen the relations with Japan in politics, economy, trade and investments, in accordance with the principles of the Strategic Partnership, he went on. "The State Great Khural has ratified the Economic Partnership Agreement signed by the two Prime Ministers in a relatively short time, and is interested in taking Japan’s support on uses of the Japanese technology in the mining exploration and exploitation and in producing value-added products." Japan’s participation is readily accepted in the major projects programs to be implemented in Mongolia, he said. Mongolian Government is focusing on activating the husbandry and agriculture, on production of pure ecological products through standardized procession of agricultural materials, and on seeking Japan’s cooperation in this, he said. The Chairman of the State Great Khural Enkhbold also said Mongolia will support Japan’s seeking a membership in the UN Security Council, "we highly recognize Japan’s contribution to the actions of the United Nations". Then he invited Mr Yamazaki to Mongolia. Present at the meeting were also Speaker's adviser A.Gansukh; the head of Mongolia-Japan Friendship Group D.Gankhuyag MP; a vice-head of the group Su.Batbold MP; N.Battsereg and J.Batzandan MPs; the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Japan S.Khurelbaatar. After the meeting, the delegates legged the Chamber of Japan’s parliament.