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Tue, 08/23/2011 - 16:30
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PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH U.S VICE PRESIDENT

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ On Monday, August 22, the Prime Minister S.Batbold held official talks with Joseph Robinette Biden, the U.S. Vice President.
The Premier thanked the U.S Vice President for paying the official visit to Mongolia, and underlined that this visit was coincided with the biggest anniversaries of Mongolia. S.Batbold underlined that the official visit of the U.S Vice President is the first one since Henry A. Wallace, the 33rd U.S Vice President visited Mongolia in 1944. S.Batbold highlighted that this visit is expression of the USA to respect the democracy of Mongolia.
The Premier pointed out the USA is one of the countries to realize the comprehensive relations for Third Neighbor of Mongolia, and added the United States has been playing an important role in ensuring peace and stability in Asia. He said Mongolia supports an initiative of the USA to hold a trilateral regular consultative meeting among Mongolia, the Republic of Korea and the USA. Furthermore, the Premier expressed thanks to the US Senate for releasing a resolution on supporting the bilateral partnership.
The Premier also underlined the countries have a great chance to create a strong partnership of the economic ties.
S.Batbold expressed a willingness to continue the agreement on transparency. He mentioned Mongolia aims to establish an agreement on free trade with the USA, and so Mongolia wants to receive technical assistance from the USA, suggesting the US side make the agreement in the nearest future.
Mentioning that the sides have agreed to cooperate in exploiting nuclear energy in peaceful purposes, the Premier said Mongolia wants to prepare nuclear energy experts in the USA. He also mentioned that Mongolia has been actively in international peacekeeping operations against terrorism within the bilateral collaboration in the defense field.
In the light of the cooperation in the educational sphere, the Premier wanted the US side to study an opportunity to augment number of Mongolian students with scholarships of the US government and to prepare mining specialists in the USA.
At the meeting, the Premier underlined that Mongolia wishes the Six-Party Talks on North Korean nuclear weapons program would be resumed, and expressed a willingness to support resuming of the talks.
B.Khuder


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