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Mon, 06/20/2011 - 13:05
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MONGOLIA-CHINA JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The Prime Minister of Mongolia Batbold Sukhbaatar paid an official visit to the People's Republic of China at invitation of Wen Jiabao, the PRC Premier.
The two countries signed the Mongolia-China joint statement Thursday and released it on Friday June 17. China and Mongolia have decided to bring the bilateral good-neighbor partnership of mutually trusted ties into a strategic partnership, according to the joint statement.
"To advance the good-neighbor friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Mongolia, the two sides have decided to upgrade it to a strategic partnership," the joint statement says.
The sides are satisfied with the development of the bilateral ties over the past years. As China and Mongolia are friendly neighbors sharing a long border, to consolidate and deepen continuously the friendly relations conforms with the common interests of the two states and their people, as well as helps to promote peace, stability and development in the region.
In the statement, China and Mongolia pledge to increase their political communication and to boost mutual trust between the two countries in order to build a more solid political foundation for the strategic partnership.
“The two sides believe that high-level interaction is of special significance for the development of bilateral ties," the statement says, adding that the two countries will keep the momentum of exchanges between their leaders to "boost strategic communication" as well as step up cooperation between their parliaments, governments and political parties.
The two neighbors also vow to work together to fight against terrorism, drug trafficking and other cross-border organized crime, as well as to cooperate in dealing with natural disasters and infectious diseases.
China and Mongolia will expand their economic cooperation with a view to common prosperity, which will provide a long-lasting driving force for the development of the strategic partnership. The two sides reiterate that a priority will be given to natural resources and infrastructure in their economic cooperation.
The countries are also committed to people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, which act as essential grassroots support for the bilateral strategic partnership, according to the statement. Moreover, the two countries also pledge to coordinate their stances and support each other in regional and international affairs to safeguard their common interests as well as enrich the strategic partnership.
The two sides hold that they improve mutual trust and coordination in international and regional affairs, resolve disputes through dialogue and consultation, and make joint efforts to forge a more just, democratic and rational international political and economic order.
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