OFFICIAL VISIT OF U.S VICE PRESIDENT ENDS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Remarks were made by Joseph Robinette Biden, the US Vice President; and S.Batbold, the Prime Minister of Mongolia during the official talks held on Tuesday, August 23.
Expressing his satisfaction with visiting Mongolia, the U.S Vice President Mr. Biden underlined that the Mongolia-USA relations are based on objective interests, and it is great to say that our ties also support each other. ”Success of Mongolia for building the democracy is highly appreciated not only by the USA, but also other countries. We have been seeing the successful democracy of Mongolia for last 20 years, particularly, the elections have been carried out without injustice,” Mr. Biden stressed, adding that he visited Mongolia in order to congratulate Mongolia on a development of the democracy.
The US Vice President also spoke about the close cooperation in many spheres, and expressed thanks to Mongolia for sending troops to the UN Peacekeeping operations and to other hot spots of the world fighting against terrorism.
Mr. Biden wished Mongolia big success in chairmanship of the Community of Democracies and in developing the democracy with a great development. He noted the USA considers Mongolia as one of its important partners, and so the United States is ready to accept any initiatives and proposals of Mongolia concerning the USA.
Moreover, Mr. Biden pointed out establishing an agreement on transparency between the countries would be a good start of creating a free trade agreement, and also promised to study a matter on the visa-free term for Mongolian citizens.
After the official talks, the U.S delegation watched a small festival of Mongolian traditional sports. Present at this event were S.Batbold, the Prime Minister; G.Zandanshatar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs; and L.Bold, the Defense Minister.
By this event, the US Vice President finished his official visit to Mongolia.
B.Khuder