FINNISH PRESIDENT RECEIVES SPEAKER

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Parliament Speaker D.Demberel was received Wednesday, August 31 by Mrs. Tarja Halonen, the President of the Republic of Finland paying a state visit to Mongolia. Beginning the meeting, the Speaker said he was satisfied with the results of the state visit paid by the Finnish President which is the very first one among Scandinavian countries, and underlined the bilateral inter-parliamentary ties play an important role in the Mongolia-Finland relations. "We consider that our countries are possible to continue a tradition to organize mutual visits of members of the parliamentary friendship groups and to activate the collaboration. I hope our countries will get achievement in this matter," D.Demberel stressed, and spoke about the political life in Mongolia and works of the State Great Khural. In response, Mrs. Halonen expressed her satisfaction with visiting Mongolia. She highlighted that any country must have corruption-free good governance that cherishes human rights and laws, and offered an equal partnership to Mongolia. Mentioning that Finland has much experience in recycling water and waste, environment protection, particularly saving and rehabilitating forests, Mrs. Halonen pointed out Mongolia can study experience of Finland in the fields of education, health and IT. The Speaker positively received the proposal of the Finnish President on developing the equal partnership between the countries, and underlined that it is important for Mongolia to learn experience in environment protection, combating desertification, rehabilitation of forests and saving fresh water.

B.Khuder