PRIME MINISTERS HOLD OFFICIAL TALKS
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Prime Minister of Mongolia S.Batbold held on Monday official talks with his Japanese counterpart Mr. Yoshihiko Noda in Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Noda welcomed Mongolian PM's visit saying it has been a historical role. He thanked S.Batbold for expressing sympathy on behalf of Mongolian government and people to Japan at the ceremony to commemorate the victims of the tsunami and earthquake occurred last year. He also thanked the Mongolian people for helping the Japanese during this difficult time.
Mr. Noda said he is satisfied with Mongolia's announcing Japan as one of its “Third Neighbors”, and thanked S.Batbold for attaching a great importance to the current visit. Mr. Noda said he is glad that this visit is coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Mongolia-Japan diplomatic relations.
In turn, Mongolia's Premier S.Batbold expressed a gratitude to Japan for assisting Mongolia in its transferring to the democracy and market economy. Noting that Japan is the very first country to develop the strategic partnership ties as one of the “Third Neighbors”, the Premier said this partnership has brought the bilateral ties into a new level, developing the cooperation in all spheres.
S.Batbold said Mongolia is ready to launch official talks on establishing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in frames of the economic cooperation, and that a related working group has been set up. In order to forward the economic ties, Mongolia wants to cooperate with Japan in introducing Japanese environmentally-friendly latest hi tech, manufacturing value-added products, and preparing trained staffers.
As the Tavan tolgoi project has become the biggest matter in the bilateral cooperation, S.Batbold noted about an international open tender on this project, and added that the Mongolian government adheres to a policy on ensuring Japan's participation in it.
S.Batbold said Mongolia wants to exploit the Samurai Bond of Japan (Yen-dominated bond issued in Tokyo by non-Japanese companies and subject to Japanese regulations) to collect financial resources for the largest national projects and programs such as “New Railways”, “100 thousand apartments” and “Developing small- and middle-sized productions”.
Moreover, he highlighted a prospective plan of Mongolia to erect a new source of energy from renewable energy resources and said an attention is given to private sector's initiative on exporting energy to Japan and creating a energy distribution line to Asia.
Mr. Batbold said Mongolia wants Japan to continue the KR-2 project, realized by Japan's government for improving capacities of the animal husbandry, land agriculture and small- and middle-sized entities, for manufacturing export products, and for establishing a joint factory.
He also said it is needed to number of students studying in Japan majoring in sciences and technologies and to take assistance from Japan in working out an economic and technical justification for constructing university campus.
The Premier proposed to facilitate visa terms for diplomatic and official passport holders of the two countries and to support the Mongolian civil aviation companies in performing direct flights to the Haneda international airport.
The Japanese side promised to study a proposal about the Samurai bond and expressed a willingness to introduce the digital system of TV broadcasting to Mongolia.
B.Khuder
Mr. Noda welcomed Mongolian PM's visit saying it has been a historical role. He thanked S.Batbold for expressing sympathy on behalf of Mongolian government and people to Japan at the ceremony to commemorate the victims of the tsunami and earthquake occurred last year. He also thanked the Mongolian people for helping the Japanese during this difficult time.
Mr. Noda said he is satisfied with Mongolia's announcing Japan as one of its “Third Neighbors”, and thanked S.Batbold for attaching a great importance to the current visit. Mr. Noda said he is glad that this visit is coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Mongolia-Japan diplomatic relations.
In turn, Mongolia's Premier S.Batbold expressed a gratitude to Japan for assisting Mongolia in its transferring to the democracy and market economy. Noting that Japan is the very first country to develop the strategic partnership ties as one of the “Third Neighbors”, the Premier said this partnership has brought the bilateral ties into a new level, developing the cooperation in all spheres.
S.Batbold said Mongolia is ready to launch official talks on establishing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in frames of the economic cooperation, and that a related working group has been set up. In order to forward the economic ties, Mongolia wants to cooperate with Japan in introducing Japanese environmentally-friendly latest hi tech, manufacturing value-added products, and preparing trained staffers.
As the Tavan tolgoi project has become the biggest matter in the bilateral cooperation, S.Batbold noted about an international open tender on this project, and added that the Mongolian government adheres to a policy on ensuring Japan's participation in it.
S.Batbold said Mongolia wants to exploit the Samurai Bond of Japan (Yen-dominated bond issued in Tokyo by non-Japanese companies and subject to Japanese regulations) to collect financial resources for the largest national projects and programs such as “New Railways”, “100 thousand apartments” and “Developing small- and middle-sized productions”.
Moreover, he highlighted a prospective plan of Mongolia to erect a new source of energy from renewable energy resources and said an attention is given to private sector's initiative on exporting energy to Japan and creating a energy distribution line to Asia.
Mr. Batbold said Mongolia wants Japan to continue the KR-2 project, realized by Japan's government for improving capacities of the animal husbandry, land agriculture and small- and middle-sized entities, for manufacturing export products, and for establishing a joint factory.
He also said it is needed to number of students studying in Japan majoring in sciences and technologies and to take assistance from Japan in working out an economic and technical justification for constructing university campus.
The Premier proposed to facilitate visa terms for diplomatic and official passport holders of the two countries and to support the Mongolian civil aviation companies in performing direct flights to the Haneda international airport.
The Japanese side promised to study a proposal about the Samurai bond and expressed a willingness to introduce the digital system of TV broadcasting to Mongolia.
B.Khuder
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