Ulaanbaatar
Visa waiver agreement signed between Mongolia and Malta
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Prime Minister of Mongolia J.Erdenebat met Thursday with his Maltese counterpart Joseph Muscat, at the State House.
The Mongolian Premier expressed thanks to Joseph Muscat for visiting Mongolia to participate in the ASEM Summit, and said that Mongolia attaches a great significance to friendly relations and cooperation cultivated with countries of the European Union (EU) in frames of the Third Neighborhood policy. Agreements signed today will contribute to boosting the Mongolia-Malta relations and cooperation, J.Erdenebat said.
The sides discussed potential spheres of bilateral relations and cooperation, and then concurred to collaborate in the trade, investment and education sectors.
Malta will chair the EU from January of 2017, Joseph Muscat said, and pointed out that his country will maintain the cooperation with Mongolia in these fields.
On the sidelines of this meeting, L.Purevsuren, the Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs and George William Vella, the Maltese Foreign Minister signed intergovernmental agreements on air services and on exempting diplomatic passport holders of the countries from visa requirements.
