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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
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Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. The Foreign Affairs Minister of Malaysia, Mr.
Dato Seri Saeed Hamid Albar paid an official visit to Mongolia on May
20-21, 2006 at the invitation of Mr. N.Enkhbold, Mongolian Minister of
Foreign Affairs. During the visit, the two Ministers held official
talks to exchange views on wide range issues related to the relations
and cooperation between the two countries and to mutually express their
positions on regional and international matters. A joint statement of
Mongolia and Malaysia was issued on the results of the Malaysian
Minister s visit to Mongolia. The statement noted that Mongolia and
Malaysia have developed friendly relations and cooperation since
September 9, 1971 where the two sides established the diplomatic
relations.
The sides reached agreements to push towards the bilateral
ties to promote the mutual beneficial collaboration in the trade,
economic, agricultural, animal husbandry, construction, small and
medium sized enterprises, education, and tourism sectors, and
strengthen the intergovernmental ties. The sides expressed that the
bilateral official talks on the international and regional issues will
deepen the mutual understanding between the two countries. The two
Ministers agreed to provide the senior officials of the two Foreign
Affairs Ministries with possibilities for mutually exchanging
information and regularly consulting on the cooperation issues. The
sides agreed to arrange the term and the levels of delegates of the
consultative meetings through the diplomatic channels and to hold the
meetings in Ulaanbaatar and Kuala Lumpur. The sides also accorded to
survey possibilities for founding a joint Cooperation Commission. The
two men appreciated outcomes of the regularization of mutual visits of
the two Ministries` officials and businessmen and the expansion of
exchange of young people to the promotion of the bilateral cooperation.
The Malaysian Minister confirmed to go on the technical assistance that
is given to Mongolia from the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Program.
The Mongolian Ministers expressed his thanks to the Malaysian
Government on behalf of the Government of Mongolia for involving the
Mongolian state employees in trainings and rendering technical
assistances. The two sides stressed that the Technical Cooperation
Program of Malaysia makes a weighty contribution to bring nearer the
bilateral relations by a way of extending the ties between the people.
The Mongolian side expresses to approve the incresase of direct
investment from Malaysia to Mongolia in particular infrastructure and
construction sectors. The sides accorded to strengthen the bilateral
collaboration with the scope of the international and regional
institutions including the ACEAN Regional Forum, Asian Cooperation
Talks, UN, and Non-Aligned Movement. The Malaysian side expressed to
support Mongolia s membership to the APEC and ACEM. The Malaysian
Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Dato Seri Saeed Ahmaid Albar invited the
Mongolian Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. N.Enkhbold to pay an official
visit to Malaysia.
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