Defense Minister of Mongolia D.Bat-Erdene attended the inauguration ceremony of Turkey’s president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan during an official visit to Turkey.

Defense Minister D.Bat-Erdene also had a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and Head of the Mongolia-Turkey Intergovernmental Joint Committee, Bьlent Arinc. The two exchanged  views on seeking ways to expand further bilateral economic and trade relations, reviewing the progress of the implementation of protocol from the VII Intergovernmental Committee Meeting in Ankara, in March 2013, and further measures to be taken.

The Government of Turkey pledged to provide Mongolia with 300 million USD in soft loans.