Mongoian Ambassador and A.Torshin meet

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Russian Federation (RF) Sh.Altangerel met last weekend with Mr Aleksander Torshin, the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia. The latter is happy that Mongolia appointed an experienced and skillful diplomat to Russia as the Ambassador, he said and conveyed to him a greeting from Ms V.I.Matvienko, the Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia. Mr Torshin noted that the parliaments of our countries have good ties and underling an importance of activating them by a way of exchanging delegates. This summer in Mongolia Mr Torshin took part in presidential election observation and in the inauguration ceremony of the Mongolian State Head, and he really liked the way the last one was run--in front of the people and on the Sukhbaatar square, he said. Mentioning Mongolia's active participation in the Baikal Economic Forum, Mr Torshin underlined that the two countries should exploit fruitfully this platform in expanding the regional cooperation and in increasing Mongolia's import of agricultural and light industrial products. In response, Mr Altangerel thanked the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia for the audience, and expressed a satisfaction with appreciating the achievements of Mongolia gained in the last twenty years. The Ambassador said Mongolia adheres to a balanced policy to treat its two neighbor countries equally. With Russia we have a long-year history, and "we always thank a former Soviet Union for helping Mongolia to get out of a dark tunnel," Mr Altangerel said. He is also confident that our parliament will support a widening of the bilateral friendly relations in new conditions, and added that the Mongolia-Russia relations should become closer.