VISA WAIVER AGREEMENT SIGNED FOR DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT HOLDERS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A visa exemption agreement for holders of diplomatic passports was signed between the Governments of Mongolia and Italy in Rome on July 14. Holders of diplomatic passports of both countries are now able to visa-free travel to each other up to ninety days within half-year’s time. The same day, the Ambassador of Mongolia to Italy Sh.Odonbaatar held a meeting with Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Italy Benedetto Della Vedova to discuss matters of the bilateral relations and cooperation. The sides also talked about a meeting of the Mongolian-Italian intergovernmental commission and a consultative meeting between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries, ASEM summit to be held in Milan in October of 2014, EXPO 2015, as well as ways of fostering bilateral ties, including a facilitation of travel conditions for each other.