Consultative meeting held between Foreign Ministries of Mongolia and Kazakhstan

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A virtual consultative meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and the Republic of Kazakhstan took place on October 14. The meeting was co-chaired by Director of the Mongolian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Asia and the Pacific E.Sarantogos and Director of the Kazakhstani Foreign Ministry's Department of Asia Pacific Region Nurgali Arystanov. The sides exchanged views on the current state of Mongolia-Kazakhstan cooperation in the areas of politics, economy, culture, and education as well as the plans to be undertaken in the near future and reviewed the implementation of the plans agreed on during high-level visits and agreed to put emphasis on speeding up the projects hampered by COVID-19. They also discussed high-level visits and events scheduled for next year, documents to be signed in the near future for the creation of a favorable legal framework for relations between the two countries, and regional cooperation issues. At the meeting, it was decided to hold the 8th meeting of the Mongolia-Kazakhstan Intergovernmental Commission virtually within this year and make the necessary arrangements with promptitude. Mongolian Ambassador to Kazakhstan L.Battulga, Kazakhstani Ambassador to Mongolia Zhalgas Adilbayev, and other foreign ministry officials of the two countries took part in the meeting.