The fifth meeting of the Kyrgyz-Mongolian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Cooperation is currently taking place in Bishkek.
The meeting is being chaired by Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Edil Baisalov and Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Sainbuyangiin Amarsaikhan, The Caspian Post reports citing Kabar.
The parties held talks in a narrow format and then moved to the negotiating hall in an expanded format.
The deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers welcomed all participants of the event and noted that he was very glad to welcome guests on Kyrgyz soil.
Edil Baisalov expressed gratitude to the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia for coming himself and bringing a large delegation to the fifth meeting of the intergovernmental Kyrgyz-Mongolian commission. "I would like to emphasize once again that the Kyrgyz side attaches great importance to bilateral relations. We are glad that this meeting is taking place ahead of the visit of the President of Mongolia to Kyrgyzstan," Baisalov said.
He noted that during the talks in a narrow format, the parties noted the deep closeness of historical ties that go back centuries. "This gives our meeting a warm atmosphere. We decided that for the Kyrgyz there should be no closer friend than the Mongols, and for the Mongols - the Kyrgyz," said the deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.
He congratulated his Mongolian colleagues and all Mongolian brothers on the upcoming Naadan holiday. "It was an honor for us that Mongolia invited us to this great holiday. I would like to say once again that the issues that we will discuss today are aimed at developing the economy, increasing trade turnover, the number of tourists in both countries, and there will also be many practical issues on trade, culture, history, etc. We hope that we will continue the vector of cooperation that you set during the narrow negotiations, successfully prepare for the upcoming visit of the President of Mongolia to Kyrgyzstan and warmly continue our bilateral cooperation," said Edil Baisalov.
In turn, Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Sainbuyangiin Amarsaikhan also thanked for warm welcome of his delegation. "We are holding another meeting of the commission in your country. Our peoples have been interconnected since ancient times, and both peoples revere nature. We are very pleased that today, during our meetings, we are strengthening our ties both economically and spiritually. The similarity of nations is of great value to us. We are glad that during today's meetings our brothers are meeting us in a new assignment, which is built in the form of a tunduk. This is the similarity of our spiritual and cultural values. We feel at home here," he said.
Sainbuyangiin Amarsaikhan noted the importance of the upcoming visit of the President of Mongolia to the Kyrgyz Republic and emphasized that this visit will become the very basis for representatives of business circles and entrepreneurs to establish contacts and cooperation. They will contribute to strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries.
"We are glad that our political ties are regularly developing and we express gratitude to the fact that the Kyrgyz side attaches special importance to the ramification of our relations," he said.
Following the meeting, it is expected that the protocol of the 5th meeting of the intergovernmental Kyrgyz-Mongolian commission on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation will be signed.
