Ulaanbaatar
Speaker Z.Enkhbold meets parliamentary delegation of Japan
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Speaker of parliament Z.Enkhbold Monday received a delegation headed by Mr Kazunori Tanaka, member of the House of Representatives (lower house) of Japanese parliament and chairman of the external relations division at the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on a visit here.
Thanking the Speaker for an audience, Mr Tanaka emphasized Mongolia is an important partner of Japan with traditional friendly ties, and expressed his satisfaction with broadening of the bilateral relations and cooperation in all spheres since the establishment of strategic partnership ties.
Mr Tanaka said it is vital to develop multistage dialogue and to boost the inter-parliamentary ties in order to make implementation of the Mongolia-Japan strategic partnership more effective.
The Economic Partnership Agreement to come into force very soon, is a symbol of bilateral relations, said Tanaka and added that he believes the Japan-Mongolia relations and cooperation will expand further. He was impressed with the construction works of a new international airport in Khoshig Valley in Tov aimag.
Speaker Enkhbold said he is happy with the visit of the Japanese lawmakers, and underlined that boosting friendly relations and cooperation with Japan is one of the priorities of the Mongolian foreign policy. Mongolia attaches a great importance to the strategic partnership relations with Third Neighbor - Japan, said Enkhbold and acknowledged contributions of Speakers of the Upper and Lower Houses of Japanese parliament; their members; and members of the Japan-Mongolia friendship groups.
Mr Enkhbold said the EPA plays a particular role in augmenting reciprocal investment flows, services, products and peopl-to-peopl contacts and in connecting Mongolia to the regional and global markets as well as the economic integration. The agreement will help Mongolia to draw Japanese investments and introduce know-how and to export products to Japan and other markets, he said.
Training Mongolian workers in Japan, teaching them Japanese language, high-tech and advanced professions have become common necessities, so Mongolia wants the Japanese side to focus attention on these matters, Mr Enkhbold said.
The parties shared views on widening the bilateral relations and cooperation, and other issues.
