PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN SHINZO ABE PAYS COURTESY CALL ON PRESIDENT OF MONGOLIA KH.BATTULGA
On September 6, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe paid a courtesy call on President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga, who is on a working visit to the Russian Federation to attend the Third Eastern Economic Forum being held Vladivostok.
Present at the meeting were, Mongolian Minister for Road and Transport Development D.Ganbat, Chief of Staff of the Office of the President Z.Enkhbold, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg, Presidential Envoy in charge of Mongolia-Japan cooperation D.Dagvadorj and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan T.Kono.
At the beginning of the meeting, Shinzo Abe congratulated President Battulga for being elected the head of state and expressed his gratitude for the fact that the President of Mongolia is a successful judo wrestler, and therefore, a person who has deep respect for culture and history of Japan.
President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga, while mentioning that the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Mongolia and Japan is being marked this year, expressed his wish to make the bilateral ties even stronger. The President underlined that projects with assistance of Japan, namely “Gobi” cashmere factory, Darkhan Iron Plant, New Ulaanbaatar International Airport in Khushig Valley and Narnii Road and Bridge, are major developments, from which the Mongolian people have benefited and to benefit for many years and he recalled he was in charge of the sector and had been attaching special importance to these projects during the commencement of NUBIA Project and construction of Narnii Bridge. Thus, President Battulga expressed interest to closely cooperate with Japan in producing value-added products at home and improving infrastructure and processing industry in the margin of expanding the economy.
The President also proposed the Japanese side to establish a joint entity to operate a port in the Far East to handle coal produced in Tavantolgoi of Mongolia.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe proposed to expand the scope of defense cooperation, settling issues within the United Nations and Northeast Asian region, especially in the Korean peninsula. Mentioning that the Government of Japan resolved to grant easy-term loan of USD 850 million to Mongolia, Shinzo Abe pledged Japan’s support for Mongolia’s policy to secure access to international waters and expand and sustain its economy.