Foreign Minister Meets Her Saudi Counterpart
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, May 26, 2023 /MONTSAME/. Within
the framework of the Official Visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Minister of
Foreign Affairs B. Battsetseg held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, HH
Prince of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on
May 25.
During the meeting, the parties exchanged
in-depth views on bilateral relations and cooperation. On the sideline of the
meeting, the Ministries signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation
and Political Consultative Meeting between Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Mongolia and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia and agreed to organize
the first Political Consultative Meeting in near future.
Minister B. Battsetseg noted that within the
framework of the foreign policy that Mongolia is developing with Gulf
countries, there are wide opportunities to develop mutually beneficial
cooperation with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in coordination with the
development policies of the two countries.
In this context, she expressed interest in
attracting investments from Saudi Arabia in the mining, energy, and agriculture
sectors, initiating the export of meat and meat products from Mongolia, and mutually
supporting tourism and student exchange. Meanwhile, the Minister proposed to jointly
implement projects and programs within the framework of green development.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs HH Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, emphasized the importance of actively developing friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries in the aforementioned fields. He expressed his delight that this Official Visit marks the beginning of further cooperation between the two foreign ministries.