President Ts.Elbegdorj was welcomed by the President of Singapore, Tony Tan Keng Yam, on Monday November 25th, 2013. President Elbegdorj was greeted at the Istana, formerly known as the “Government House of Singapore”, by an honor guard parade and the national anthem of Singapore.

President Ts.Elbegdorj and his counterpart of Singapore, President Tan, met for discussions on the broadening of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries.

President Elbegdorj made the following speech to President Tan; “I am grateful to the state officials and people of Singapore for receiving us with warm hearts. I am glad that our two countries keep expanding our bilateral relations and cooperation. Further, we will work on creating more opportunities and fields to boost bilateral cooperation. The air and sea transport system and the huge industrial and technological network is centralized in Singapore. Mongolia is willing to cooperate with Singapore on this more closely. It is important to boost bilateral cooperation, in particular in the education sector, between the two countries as Mongolia struggles to develop a knowledge based economy”.

Parties also exchanged ideas on how to boost bilateral defense cooperation and the Shangri-La Dialogue.

President Tan of Singapore expressed his agreement with President Elbegdorj`s suggestions and promised to pay attention to his proposals.