Mr. M.Enkhbold underlined the event as remarkable in a 45-year history of cooperation between Mongolia and Japan and said that Mongolian government would pay significant attention for successful realization of the Midterm program, which covers all sectors of the cooperation. Japanese Minister Kishida noted that with this document the two countries have confirmed again that the traditional friendly relations would be developed and widened further.

The program contains goals and principles of next five year on widening the bilateral cooperation in all spheres, including politics, trade, economy, investment, security, defense, culture, education and humanitarian.

“- Mutually beneficial trade and economic relations will be priority. Particular attention will be given to agriculture, using natural resources, including developing huge coal resources with Japanese high technology and selling it at international market and to world level education of Mongolian youth. We also emphasize to export Mongolian agricultural and products of animal origin to Japanese market based on the Economic Partnership Agreement” said Foreign Affairs Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil to journalists.

Prior to the program signing ceremony, the Foreign Affairs Ministers held official talks and Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan Kishida paid courtesy calls on Speaker M.Enkhbold.