WU BANGGUO ARRIVES

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Chairman and Party secretary of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Mr Wu Bangguo has arrived in Mongolia. The Chinese delegation's special service airplane landed at 10.45 am in the Chingis Khaan international airport. Mr Wu Bangguo was welcomed by high officials of Mongolia and China. Among them were Mr M.Enkhbold, a Vice Speaker of the State Great Khural; Mr Ts.Sukhbaatar, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the People's Republic of China; Mr B.Boldbaatar, the secretary-general of the Parliamentary Office; T.Togsbilguun, a director of the Neighbour Countries' Department of Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr Wang Xialong, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Mongolia; Chang Wanlong, the First-Secretary of China's Embassy in Mongolia. Mr Wu Bangguo is being accompanied by Mr Zhang Zhijun, the Vice Foreign Minister of China; Mr Wei Liucheng, a deputy head of the Financial and Economic Commission of the NPC; Mr Cao Weizhou, Deputy Secretary-General of the NPC Standing Committee; Mr Zhong Shan, Vice Minister of Commerce; other officials and the media. An official welcoming ceremony will take place at 3.35 pm on the Sukhbaatar Square. B.Khuder