MONTSAME TO INTENSIFY TIES WITH N.KOREAN NEWS AGENCY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Head of the MONTSAME national news agency A.Baatarkhuyag Friday met a visiting delegation headed by Mr Kim Chang Gwang, the Director-General of the N.Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The guest said the collaboration between the two national news agencies has been intensifying and underlined an importance of "exchanging news and information through a high-speed access, especially of true and realistic pieces of news". He hoped that the news exchange will reach a targeted volume, and said the two agencies can exchange young journalists from the next year. To this, Mr Baatarkhuyag said Mongolia is the democratic country, but unrealistic news about it has been spreads by some foreign news agencies and websites, "so it is necessary to get information about any country from this country's national news agency". The MONTSAME aspires to refresh its ties with the biggest agencies and to establish new ties, he added. Mr Baatarkhuyag also emphasized an importance of delivering realistic news for the interests of not only bilateral ties, but also for inter-citizen relations. Then the sides shared views on intensifying the bilateral agreement. The two national news agencies began the cooperation in 1954. In 2013, the MONTSAME's Director-General Baatakhuyag visited North Korea and upgraded the cooperation contract.