Political consultation held between Foreign Ministries of Mongolia and Switzerland
PoliticsUlaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ The fifth political consultative meeting between Ministries of
Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and the Swiss Confederation took place in Bern,
Switzerland on November 11.
The meeting
was co-chaired by State Secretary of the Mongolian Foreign Ministry
D.Davaasuren and Head of the Asia-Pacific Division of the Swiss Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs, Raphael Nägeli.
The sides thoroughly
exchanged views on expanding Mongolia-Switzerland relations and cooperation in
political, economic, investment, agricultural, environmental, educational and
cultural spheres and on the issues regarding both development cooperation
and multilateral cooperation. They also emphasized the importance of
cooperating within the frameworks of Ulaanbaatar Dialogue and Zermatt Roundtable, the two countries’
initiatives for regional, especially Northeast Asian, security.
Following
the consultative meeting, State Secretary D.Davaasuren held a meeting with his
Swiss counterpart Pascale Baeriswyl, discussing bilateral relations and
cooperation.
Incidentally, this year marks the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.