Prime Minister S.Batbold received Sweden’s ambassador to Mongolia, Lars Freden, on Tuesday.

The officials talked about developing bilateral relations, including trade and economic ties. S. Batbold underlined the two nations’ traditionally friendly relationship, noting that Mongolia opened its embassy in Stockholm last year, and he expressed his gratitude to the Swedish government for opening an embassy in Ulaanbaatar.

He said that the two countries have opportunities to cooperate in producing mining products, and in the education and science spheres.

L. Freden noted that Mongolia’s rapid development is attracting the attention of Swedish business people. Then the two sides discussed cooperating on issues concerning the Community of Democracies.