Ulaanbaatar
President receives Ambassador of Japan
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ President Kh. Battulga received Wednesday Masato Takaoka, Ambassador of Japan to Mongolia, in the State House.
At the meeting, the President touched upon three key matters. First of all, the sides underlined that intensifying a construction process of the new international airport of Ulaanbaatar in Khushig Valley will facilitate expanding of the bilateral relations and cooperation in tourism and economic sectors. He expressed the willingness of Mongolia to establish one more major factory like the Gobi Cashmere Factory or Darkhan Metallurgy.
Secondly, the President noted a strategic significance of an issue on 458 km railroad in promoting economic growth. He said, “Mongolians export animal hides, leather, wool, cashmere, gold, copper, fluorspar and other raw materials unprocessed. So, we need to focus more on the processing industry. We can process 100% of our cashmere at home, if there were two factories like Gobi Cashmere Factory.”
In third, he said, Japanese companies can be allowed into the mining industry.
Ambassador Takaoka noted the people-to-people relations are also important besides the diplomatic ties. "Mongolians' success in judo and sumo is one of the main pillars of people-to-people ties," he noted.
Expressing his acceptance of the President’s proposals, the Ambassador said that it is important to deliver the outputs of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Governments of Mongolia and Japan.
At the meeting, the President touched upon three key matters. First of all, the sides underlined that intensifying a construction process of the new international airport of Ulaanbaatar in Khushig Valley will facilitate expanding of the bilateral relations and cooperation in tourism and economic sectors. He expressed the willingness of Mongolia to establish one more major factory like the Gobi Cashmere Factory or Darkhan Metallurgy.
Secondly, the President noted a strategic significance of an issue on 458 km railroad in promoting economic growth. He said, “Mongolians export animal hides, leather, wool, cashmere, gold, copper, fluorspar and other raw materials unprocessed. So, we need to focus more on the processing industry. We can process 100% of our cashmere at home, if there were two factories like Gobi Cashmere Factory.”
In third, he said, Japanese companies can be allowed into the mining industry.
Ambassador Takaoka noted the people-to-people relations are also important besides the diplomatic ties. "Mongolians' success in judo and sumo is one of the main pillars of people-to-people ties," he noted.
Expressing his acceptance of the President’s proposals, the Ambassador said that it is important to deliver the outputs of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Governments of Mongolia and Japan.
M. Unurzul
