The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, L.Bold, visited Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Khorgos Port between January 18th and 19th as a part of his visit to the People”s Republic of China.

Foreign Minister L.Bold met the Vice Chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shi Dagang, for talks over opportunities for bilateral cooperation, in particular, to increase regional neighboring economy and trade and encourage ties between the two countries. At the meeting authorities of Khovd province, that neighbors with China in the South and East, were present and made the suggestion to activate bilateral border check-point activities and to ease related regulations to the officials of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Foreign Minister L.Bold also visited Qinghua Energy Group. The Group built a refined coal chemical industrial zone in Yining county, 90 km away from the Khorgos Port in Xinjiang. The Foreign Minister was informed that the Qinghua Energy Group”s coal-to-natural gas (CTG) project was completed and put into operation in 2013. The Foreign Minister was also introduced to the activities of a Urumqi based Micro Financial Service company, Tian, run with the investment of Khas bank in Mongolia.

On Monday, Foreign Minister L.Bold was invited to the Diplomatic Academy in Beijing and gave the suggestion to cooperate on providing qualified professionals and to share experiences with the Autonomous Region.