SPEAKER MEETS JAPANESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Chairman of the State Great Khural (parliament) Z.Enkhbold Wednesday received a visiting delegation headed by Mr Moto Hayashi, a head of the Japan-Mongolia friendship group at the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP). The Speaker expressed a satisfaction with the visit of the Japanese parliamentary delegation, and noted that a development of the friendly relations and cooperation with Japan is one of the priorities of Mongolia’s foreign policy. He also underlined that Mongolia attaches a great importance to its strategic partnership with Japan. “I am glad that our countries reached a principal agreement to establish an Economic Partnership Agreement during a visit of the Mongolian President to Japan this July, and this agreement, as I hope, will bring our strategic partnership to a newer level," Mr Enkhbold stressed. In response, Mr Moto said he is happy with the "intensive development of the bilateral relations and cooperation, especially of the strategic ties and economic partnership". Japan is ready to make investments to the private sector of Mongolia, he said. Mr Moto also said their parliamentary delegation is visiting Mongolia in frames of the 40th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations, adding that they will attend an opening of a joint exhibition named “Sky and Sun Partnership”. Present at the meeting were also delegates of the Japan-Mongolia inter-parliamentary group at Japanese parliament; Mr Takenori Shimizu, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia; Mr S.Khurelbaatar, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Japan; Mr D.Erdenebat MP, a head of the Mongolia-Japan inter-parliamentary group at Mongolian parliament and chairman of the Democratic Party’s faction; Ms S.Odontuya MP, a deputy head of the DP faction; parliamentarians O.Baasankhuu and Su.Batbold; Mr B.Boldbaatar, the secretary-general of the Parliamentary Offices.