The Consul General of Mongolia to Istanbul E.Munkh-Ochir assumed his office at a ceremony in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey on Friday, April 18th.

Ambassador Mehmet Samsar, the Director General for Consular Affairs of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign, presented the consular patent and wished success in the Consul General`s mission saying that he believes the cooperation would be effective. With the conclusion of the ceremony, parties had talks over consular relations between the two countries.

The Consul General of Mongolia in Istanbul has now taken his office officially.

At the ceremonial meeting, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Turkey B.Batkhishig was present to have talks over preparations for the official visit of Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu to Mongolia, and the Consultative meeting between Mongolia and Turkey that is scheduled in Ulaanbaatar.

Both parties stated the great significance of visa free travel that became effective form April 11th 2014, in strengthening direct links between the people of the two countries, and extending cooperation in trade, business, tourism, education, culture and science. The visa free travel conditions state that visitors can travel up to 30 days in any 180-day period for both travelers of Mongolia and Turkey.

Now over 1500 out of the 2200 Mongolians residing in Turkey stay only in Istanbul. Before establishing the Consulate General of Mongolia in Istanbul, Mr. Fahrettin Amir Arman was making efforts to protect the rights of Mongolians living in Istanbul.