Speaker M.Enkhbold meets Japanese citizen diplomats

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Yesterday, Parliamentary speaker M.Enkhbold and accompanying delegates, including members of the Parliament and the Government, who are on a visit to Japan met with the authorities of the International Friendship Exchange Council. The Council, founded in 1983, has over 1000 members comprising of Japanese big companies, research institutes and universities. It established relations with Mongolia in 1988 and runs activities to strengthen friendship, develop economic ties and to increase investment amount from Japan to Mongolia. Speaker M.Enkhbold said “- Realization of cooperation agreements and programs that were agreed by the two sides, widening mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation and implementing new joint project and programs will fully satisfy interests of the two countries, businessmen and citizens. Our government endeavors to make business environment more flexible, diversified and favorable without burdens”. President of the Council K.Matsuzawa said that members of the council have sincere heart to contribute to the development of Mongolia and wellbeing of Mongolians. “Mongolians are not only our friends, but also our brothers and sisters” he noted. During the meeting, the attendants expressed their opinions about what should do to recover Mongolian economy and what sector should be prioritized. After the meeting, Speaker M.Enkhbold visited the National Center for Global Health and Medicine Hospital. The Speaker highlighted “- It is important for us to learn from management, organization, treatment methodology and activities of Japanese health institutes, to train Mongolian specialists and introduce high technology equipment and facilities. Therefore widening bilateral cooperation in this sector is in the center of government policy”. In Japan, hospitals and clinics receive 7 million calls for medical aids in a year nationwide, of which 700 thousand in Tokyo. The hospital receives 11000 calls in a year, leading the others in Tokyo.