Ulaanbaatar
Deputy PM meets Indian Ambassador
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Deputy Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh received Ambassador of the Republic of India, Shri T.Suresh Babu on Thursday. The latter congratulated the Deputy PM on the victory of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) in the 2016 parliamentary elections.
Mr Khurelsukh highlighted that last year’s official visit of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, to Mongolia has lent a great impetus to upgrading bilateral ties, and noted that the opening of one billion USD credit line for Mongolia was of great importance for stimulating the economic cooperation between the two countries. He emphasized that there are opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation in economic and commercial fields, especially, in agriculture and animal husbandry, and asked the Ambassador to render a support in this matter.
Recalling the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in livestock health and dairy products in the margin of the Indian PM’s visit to Mongolia, Ambassador Babu proposed that the MoU can be subjected for bilateral agricultural cooperation.
Deputy PM U.Khurelsukh extended his request to send specialized professionals to India for capacity building training, and noted with appreciation that the number of Mongolian students to receive Indian government scholarships each year has gone up from 150 to 200 owing to Narendra Modi’s visit.
Ambassador Suresh Babu handed over to Deputy PM Khurelsukh the invitation of the Minister of Home Affairs of India to attend the Asian Ministerial Meeting on Reducing Disaster Risks, to take place in New Delhi.
