Mongolia and Japan hold strategy consultation meeting

The Foreign Ministries of Mongolia and Japan held the first ever strategy consultation meeting in Tokyo on June 26. The Mongolian part was led by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs D.Gankhuyag and the Japanese part by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Sh.Sugiyama.

The sides reviewed the present state of Mongolia-japan strategic partnership relations and deliberated the further goals. The Japanese side emphasized that a statement delivered by President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj at Parliament of Japan during his visit to Japan in 2010 and an agreement the two states reached on developing strategic partnership relations have lent a noticeable impetus to the stimulation of bilateral ties.

Deputy Minister D.Gankhuyag highlighted the expansion of bilateral strategic partnership relations in all spheres including politics, security, economy, culture, education and people exchange as well as at regional and international levels.

The sides agreed on effective implementation of mid-term program on strategic partnership and intensification of bilateral collaboration in the economic area. In this term, the Government of Mongolia is working on hosting a Mongolia-Japan business forum in cooperation with the Japan Business Federation and the Japan External Trade Organization in Tokyo in July 2014.