D.Tsogtbaatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia held a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on 16 May. During the meeting, the two top diplomats discussed activating relationships between Mongolia and Russia more effectively.  At the meeting, D.Tsogtbaatar invited Russian business leaders to invest in the Mongolian energy and other sectors; from his side, Foreign Minister Lavrov raised issues regarding  deepening  relations between Mongolia and the Eurasian Economic Union.

The two foreign ministers went on to fix a date for the planned visit of Mongolian Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh to the Russian Federation. Also, on the agenda was a meeting of leaders of the three neighbouring countries of Mongolia, Russia and China; this is expected to take place during the heads of state meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation annual summit, scheduled to take place in the coastal city of Qingdao in China’s Shandong Province.