THREE COUNTRIES RUN CONSULTATIVE MEETING

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The 8th consultative meeting of the Foreign Ministries of Mongolia, Russia and China took place on October 29 in Moscow, Russia. With an official status got this year, the consultative meeting ran at a level of political department directors of the Foreign Ministries. The three parties agreed that this year's meeting has become a suitable field to discuss the bilateral and multilateral cooperation, successfully overcoming time-challenges. The sides also highlighted that there are no any political or historical problems still not tackled among the countries, and considered as necessity to strengthen the regional security based on a principle of respecting each other's independence and territorial integrity. The three countries appreciated a development of the three-lateral cooperation, and exchanged views on priorities of the cooperation, regional and international issues. They noted that the cooperation priorities included development of the mining sector, co-exploitation of resources of the transit transportation, great construction of infrastructure, tourism, environment and humanitarian exchange. In addition, the parties agreed to keep an intensive multilateral cooperation for the regional development and stability. The meeting was co-chaired by T.Togsbilguun, a director of the Department of Neighbour Countries of Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; by A.B.Kulik, a director of the Asian Department of Russia's Foreign Ministry; and by Luo Zhaohui, a director of the Asian Department of China's Foreign Ministry. After the meeting, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation I.Morgulov received the delegations and shared views on a present situation of the cooperation and on outcome of the consultative meeting. As the sides decided, the next consultative meeting will runb in 2013 in China. B.Khuder