Ulaanbaatar
President Ts.Elbegdorj arrives in Tashkent to attend SCO meeting
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj arrived Thursday in Tashkent city to take part in the 16th meeting of the heads of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, to be held on June 22-25.
On the airport, the Mongolian President was welcomed with the guard of honor by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan; Abdulaziz Kamilov, the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan; Daniyar Kurbanov, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Mongolia; and B.Batkhishig, the Ambassador of Mongolia to Uzbekistan.
In the scope of the SCO meeting of state heads, Ts.Elbegdorj will hold a trilateral meeting with his counterpart of Russia and China. Following the trilateral meeting, the State leaders will attend a ceremony of signing documents.
Furthermore, Ts.Elbegdorj will meet with Islam Karimov, the President of Uzbekistan, and then will partake in an expanded meeting of the Council of SCO State Leaders.
Mongolia received the observer status at the 2004 Tashkent Summit.
