At a meeting with visiting U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State of James B. Steinberg on Monday. Increases the bookmark

Prime
Minister S. Batbold said Mongolia-U.S. relations are getting stronger and the
two countries have made progress in social, political and economic sectors. He
appreciated the “staunch support” the USA has consistently given to Mongolia in
its transition to a market economy and to social as well as political
democracy. Assistance programs managed by the

U.S. Millenium Challenge
Corporation are being implemented successfully in the country.

Mongolia would continue to protect international and regional security and has
dispatched peacekeepers to several global hot spots in partnership with the
U.S. and many other countries, the Prime Minister said.

Mr. Steinberg said the U.S. values its relationship with Mongolia and will
expand cooperation with the country by training Mongolian students and
specialists in America.

Mr. Steinberg arrived in Mongolia after visiting Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and
Kyrgyzstan, and flew on to Japan on Tuesday to participate in a trilateral
dialogue involving Japan, Australia and the United States. During his one-day
stop here, he also held talks with Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar and visited
a totally US-equipped mobile field hospital that will be deployed at the UN
military base in Sudan.