Mongolia-japan Ties Strengthens With Visit of Japanese Parliamentary Delegation

A Japanese delegation headed by Kazunori Tanaka, Member of the House of Representatives (lower house) of Japanese Parliament and chairman of the External Relations Division of the Liberal Democratic Party, paid a working visit to Mongolia from April 29 to May 3.

The visiting delegation called on the Speaker of Mongolian Parliament, Z.Enkhbold. Emphasizing that Mongolia is an important partner to Japan with traditionally friendly ties, Tanaka expressed his satisfaction with the expansion of bilateral relations and cooperation in all spheres since the establishment of strategic partnership ties. He said it is vital to develop multistage dialogue and to boost inter-parliamentary ties in order to make implementation of the Mongolia-Japan strategic partnership more effective.

The symbol of bilateral relations, the Economic Partnership Agreement, is to come into force soon, Tanaka noted, and added that he believes Japan-Mongolia relations and cooperation will expand further.

He stressed that he was impressed with the construction of the new international airport in Khushig Valley in Tuv Province, which the Japanese delegation visited last Saturday.

Speaker Z.Enkhbold underlined that boosting friendly relations and cooperation with Japan is one of the priorities of Mongolian foreign policy, and added that Mongolia attaches great importance to strategic partnership relations with Japan.

Speaker Z.Enkhbold said, The Economic Partnership Agreement plays a particular role in augmenting the flow of reciprocal investment, services, products, and people-to-people exchanges, and in connecting Mongolia to the regional and global markets, as well as economic integration. The agreement will help Mongolia to draw Japanese investment, introduce know-how, and to export products to Japan and other markets he added.

On May 2, President Ts.Elbegdorj welcomed Kazunori Tanaka, who was joined by Daishiro Yamagiwa and Nagasaka Yasumasa, members of the Japanese House of Representatives.

During the meeting, Tanaka thanked the President of Mongolia for taking time to meet the Japanese parliamentary delegation and...

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