OFFICIAL TALKS HELD BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTERS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold held Monday the official talks with his counterpart of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Mr Erlan Abdyldaev in Ulaanbaatar. Mr Bold underlined that Mongolia considers Kyrgyzstan as its important partner in Central Asia, and noted that the current visit would activate an implementation of works that had been agreed on during an official visit of Mongolia's President to Kyrgyzstan paid in April this year. The Minister said Mongolia has an aspiration to closely cooperate with Kyrgyzstan by supporting each other and sharing experiences so that the democratic values are strengthened of the two countries that have chosen the parliamentary governance and the democracy in Central Asia. He invited Mr Abdyldaev to the 7th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies (CoD) that will run in April the next year in Ulaanbaatar. In turn, Mr Abdyldaev highlighted a coincidence of his visit with the 20th anniversary of Mongolia-Kyrgyzstan diplomatic relations, adding that this is the very first visit of Kyrgyzstan's FM to Mongolia. He expressed a willingness of his country to study Mongolia's experience in developing the democracy, and underlined that the countries have an opportunity to expand their cooperation in the mining and agricultural sectors. Then the dignitaries emphasized that the countries have been fruitfully cooperating at regional and international arenas, and considered as necessity to widen the bilateral collaboration targeted at regional and international stability and development. B.Khuder