Ulaanbaatar, Oct 18-Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa
Khurelsukh on Thursday met visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Sergei Shoigu arrived here in the morning for this one-day
official visit, Xinhua reported, quoting a statement from Mongolian government
press office.
“Mongolia attaches great importance to deepending its
relations with Russia in all sectors. In this regard, we are ready to continue
to expand military-technical cooperation between our two countries,” PM
Khurelsukh said.
The PM expressed his gratititude for Russia’s long-standing
support to providing training and military-technical equipment to Mongolia.
He also expressed the hope that Russia’s high-level
officials will visit Mongolia to jointly celebrate the 80th
anniversary of the victory of the battle of Khalkhin Gol in 2019.
Describing their bilateral relationship as traditionally
good-neighborly, Shoigu said that Russia will further deepen military-technical
cooperation with Mongolia.
Earlier in the day, Mongolian Defense Minister Nyamaa
Enkhbold held talks with Shoigu on issues related to bilateral defense
cooperation.
During the meeting, the two defense ministers signed a long-term program for military cooperation to
enhance defense ties, under which the two countries will collaborate in areas
of armed forces management, military education and joint exercises, according
to the Mongolian Defense Ministry.
During the visit, Russian Defense minister also handed over
military equipment assistance to the Mongolian air defense forces.
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