JAPANESE DELEGATION PAYS VISIT TO MONGOLIA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A report has been given on the visit of Motoo Hayashi, a special envoy of Japan’s Prime Minister and Chairman of the Japan-Mongolia Parliamentary Friendship League at the National Diet of Japan, paid to Mongolia last week. This visit was organized in frames of 45th anniversary of the Mongolia-Japan diplomatic relations after another visit of the Japanese side--Tadamori Oshima, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan paid earlier this year. Motoo Hayashi’s visiting group consisted of 58 people including parliamentarians and delegates of the private sector. Within the visit, the Japanese delegation had a courtesy call on the President of Mongolia. Furthermore, the delegation held meetings with M.Enkhbold, Parliament Speaker, S.Batbold, Mayor of Ulaanbaatar, Ts.Elbegdorj, a former President of Mongolia, D.Sumiyabazar, Chairman of Mongolia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group, and other parliamentarians on September 7. In addition, a displaying show of Japanese foods and products was organized. It was followed by a meeting held between the Mongolian and Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The Japanese delegation hopes that the visit would contribute to boosting the bilateral relations through active cooperation, and expressed its aspiration to strengthen the collaboration between the friendship groups in making this visit more fruitful and forwarding the ties in other fields. B.Tugsbilig