AMBASSADOR OF MONGOLIA D.IDEVKHTEN GIVES INTERVIEW TO RUSSIAN JOURNAL

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Russia, Mr. D.Idevkhten has given an interview to the Russian "Mejdunarodnaya jizn" (International life) journal on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations establishment between Mongolia and Russia. Mr D.Idevkhten expressed a satisfaction with a fact that, according to the intergovernmental contract made 90 years ago on establishing the Friendly relations, the cooperation and relations "between good neighbours Mongolia and Russia have been developing fruitfully based on mutual trust, confidence, understanding and respect”. Mongolia attaches a great importance to the ties with Russia, he went on. Recently, a collaboration has been going up in politics, trade, economy, humanitarian spheres. This year, the President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj paid an official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart D.Medvedev, and the dignitaries unified their high level positions towards key issues of the relations and cooperation. he said. The trade and economy cooperation has been activating as well, in the first three seasons of this year the two countries trade turnover went up by 1,2 billion US dollars, or by 67,4 percent, against the same period of the last year, he said. From this academic year, a number of Mongolian to study in Russian universities on Russian government's grants increased by 50 students. All this "is a tiny part of the ties that are developing between us within the strategic partnership," D.Idevkhten underlined. He also talked about the collaboration in the economy, culture, education spheres, present situation of regional cooperation, development tendencies. B.Oyundelger