Vice Speaker L.Enkh-Amgalan meets Chinese and Russian officials to discuss cooperation

Lawmakers led by Vice Speaker of Parliament L.Enkh-Amgalan participated in the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which took place in Geneva, Switzerland from October 14 to 18.

On the sidelines of the assembly, Vice Speaker L.Enkh-Amgalan held meetings with Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress Padma Choiling.

During their meeting, the sides discussed cooperation in the two countries’ economy, trade, defense and transportation sectors as well as inter-parliamentary cooperation.

The vice speaker underlined that Mongolia is interested in enhancing its participation in construction projects being implemented under China’s One Belt and Road Initiative.

During the assembly, L.Enkh-Amgalan held a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russia’s Federal Assembly Ilyas Umakhanov to talk about bilateral cooperation.

The vice speaker noted the importance of active cooperation between the two countries’ legislatures under multilateral cooperation mechanism as active cooperation between inter-parliamentary groups plays an important role in the development of the relations and cooperation between the two countries.

L.Enkh-Amgalan also met with IPU President Gabriela Cuevas to discuss cooperation between Mongolia and the IPU.