Ulaanbaatar
Foreign Minister meets with his Japanese counterpart
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Within the Prime Minister’s official visit to Japan, Minister of Foreign Affairs D.Tsogtbaatar held bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on December 14. At the beginning of the meeting Foreign Ministers of the two countries held press briefing.
Minister D.Tsogtbaatar expressed gratitude to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the support in organizing the Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh’s visit to Japan. Furthermore, he expressed his confidence in close cooperation with Minister Taro Kono on strengthening the Strategic Partnership between the two countries which share common values such as freedom, democracy and rule of law, and deepening bilateral cooperation at international and regional levels.
Minister Taro Kono said “I am delighted that the works discussed during Mongolian Foreign Minister’s visit to Japan in February are successfully realizing.” Mr. T.Kono also expressed gratitude to the Government of Mongolia for the condolences and humanitarian aid in conjunction with the flooding disaster in Japan, and pledged to focus on implementation of the Midterm Program on Strategic Partnership of Mongolia and Japan.
The parties agreed to ensure implementation of the Midterm Program on Strategic Partnership of Mongolia and Japan, and the Economic Partnership Agreement in the future.
