Mongolia”s State Secretary D.Davaasuren and Cuba”s ambassador in Ulaanbaatar, Raul Delgado, agreed on Thursday on the need to boost bilateral cooperation.

D.Davaasuren welcomed the Cuban diplomat at the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with whom he talked about various issues of mutual interest.

During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the current state of bilateral ties, the progress made in recent years and analysed ways to encourage mutually beneficial cooperation links.

They also discussed activities to jointly celebrate next year’s  anniversary marking 60 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the information added.

The two sides highlighted the success of the recent meeting of Political Consultations between their Foreign Ministries, held in Havana on January 18-19 this year.

This meeting, they agreed, constituted an important boost for the new perspectives of commercial, cultural and sports exchange.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on that occasion between Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and Mongolia’s Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism.

Havana and Ulaanbaatar have had diplomatic relations for 59 years. In 1960, Cuba was the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to establish ties with the Asian nation.