On the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold the UK Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State, William Hague, paid an official visit to Mongolia. The UK Foreign Secretary landed in Mongolia on Tuesday October 15th.

This high level state visit to Mongolia by the UK Foreign Secretary comes at the same time as the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the UK. It is 17 years since UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Malcolm Rifkind visited Mongolian in 1996.

During a press conference the Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold and Foreign Secretary Hague emphasized the key formal discussions between the two countries and exchanged views on bilateral relations and international affairs during the visit.

Mongolia expressed its willingness to boost cooperation with the UK in key sectors such as mining, global financial relations and infrastructure and to pursue policies to support each other in the international arena.

Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold stated that Mongolia agrees with the call by Foreign Secretary Hague for international action against mass rape in conflicts.

Other key issues resolved during the visit were the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the Chevening Scholarship partnership between the Mongolian Ministry of Education and Science and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and a memorandum of understanding with the UK IM Power to build a power plant based on the Shivee-Ovoo coal mine in Mongolia.

During the visit by UK Foreign Secretary, on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the UK, defined their perspective on bilateral political relations, economic cooperation and boosts in all fields of cooperation.