On December 16, for approximately 20 minutes commencing at 10:00 a.m., Ms. IKUINA Akiko, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs received a courtesy call from Mr. Khishgee Nyambaatar, Governor of the Capital City and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The overview is as follows.

At the outset, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ikuina welcomed Mayor Nyambaatar’s visit to Japan and extended her congratulations on the 100th anniversary of the renaming of the capital city of Mongolia to “Ulaanbaatar.” Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ikuina emphasized that Japan will never forget the heart-warming assistance provided by the City of Ulaanbaatar to the victims of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and stated that Japan will continue to make whole of government efforts towards the recovery and reconstruction of the affected areas.

Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ikuina welcomed the multifaceted progress in the cooperation between Japan and Mongolia under the “Special Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity,” and stated that Japan seeks to continue to steadily promote cooperation based on the “Action Plan” in accordance with the “Joint Statement” issued by the two leaders of both countries in 2022. In addition, while mentioning the 50th anniversary of the exchange of diplomatic notes on cultural exchange between the two countries this year, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ikuina expressed that she hopes that Mayor Nyambaatar would make efforts to further promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries over the next 50 years.

In response, Mayor Nyambaatar expressed his gratitude for the assistance Japan had been providing over the years towards the various issues facing Ulaanbaatar, and introduced related efforts made by the City of Ulaanbaatar.