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President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga received Jaroslav Kubera, President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, who is paying an official visit to Mongolia at the invitation of Chairman of the State Great Khural of Mongolia G.Zandanshatar today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Battulga welcomed Mr.\nKubera to Mongolia and expressed his confidence that the latter\u2019s visit, which\nis being paid in anticipation of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between\nMongolia and the Czech Republic, will produce tangible outcome and become the\nfoundation for upgrading bilateral cooperation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sides concurred that bilateral cooperation was at an unsatisfactory level in economic, people-to-people relations, cultural, and humanitarian spheres despite of 70 years of diplomatic relations and discussed about shifting the focus of bilateral cooperation to a mutually-beneficial format as well as jointly exporting goods to third countries. In particular, the sides agreed with the possibility of expanding bilateral economic relations by combining Mongolia\u2019s raw materials with Czech industrial technology in the near future, where East Asian countries are increasing their imports consistent with their economic as well as population growth. The sides also exchanged that it was more constructive for both sides to work together towards fully utilizing the existing resources, undertaking a technical reform and developing processing rather than building more factories in Mongolia since the Czech Republic has mastered high technology after overcoming the phase where it exported its raw materials unprocessed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Kubera is accompanied by a business\ndelegation on this visit, and the Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and\nIndustry in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Mongolia\nplans to organize a business forum in Ulaanbaatar. The sides noted that the decision\nto inaugurate a center for the Mongolian-Czech business community during the\nforum was an important outcome of the visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the meeting, President Battulga and Mr. Kubera exchanged their views on the ways to boost bilateral cultural and sports exchange, as well as people-to-people ties. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n