China hopes to promote political mutual trust and deepen
pragmatic cooperation with Mongolia, a senior Chinese official said in Ulan
Bator Tuesday.

Yan Junqi, vice chairwoman of the Standing Committee of the National People”s
Congress (NPC), China”s top legislative body, made the remarks when meeting
with Mongolian Parliament Speaker Damdin Demberel and Prime Minister Batbold
Sukhbaatar on the sidelines of the 19th Annual Meeting of Asia-Pacific
Parliamentary Forum.

She said China and Mongolia are friendly neighbors and important cooperation
partners, adding that China is willing to work together with Mongolia to
achieve mutually beneficial cooperation and common development so as to bring
more benefits to both sides and the two peoples.

Demberel and Batbold said that consolidating and promoting the
good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation with China is one of the
priorities of Mongolia”s foreign policy.

They added Mongolia is willing to enhance high-level exchanges with China and
deepen their pragmatic cooperation in various fields to bring bilateral ties
between the two countries to a higher level.

The 19th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum opened on
Monday in Ulan Bator, Mongolia”s capital.

The forum was established in Tokyo in 1993. Its objective is to promote greater
regional identification and cooperation among national parliamentarians in the
Asia-Pacific region.

Source: Xinhua