The Chairman of the National Assembly of Turkey Mr Cemil Cicek is paying an official visit to Mongolia.
Parliament Speaker Mr Enkhbold welcomed Tuesday morning his Turkish counterpart Mr Cemil Cicek on the Chinggis Khaan Square.
The Speaker Mr Enkhbold and the Chairman of the National Assembly Mr Cemil Cicek have held official talks. Mr Enkhbold congratulated Mr Cicek on visiting Mongolia and wished him an enjoyable time here.
Mentioning about the 45th anniversary of the Mongolia-Turkey diplomatic relations marked this year, Mr Enkhbold emphasized that the current visit will significantly contribute to development of the bilateral relations and cooperation, and expressed a satisfaction with an intensive development of the friendly ties between the two countries’ people.
"Within my visit to Turkey, our countries established the visa-free agreement which allows now people to travel to each other's countries for 30 days and good condition has been formed to boost business, cultural and inter-citizen ties" he said. Mongolia wants to study Turkey's experience in processing leather and skins and to attract investments from Turkish companies, he added.
Mr Cicek said the Mongolia-Turkey long-year cooperation has been expanding and congratulated Mongolia on becoming the member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). He also said that he will focus on matters discussed with the Mongolian Speaker. He agreed with a necessity to expand the cooperation in law enforcement and defense fields and proposed mounting a joint exhibition of leather products.
Following the official talks, a cooperation protocol was established between the legislative bodies of Mongolia and Turkey.
The same day, Mr Cicek received the Mongolian Prime Minister Mr Altankhuyag. Then he was received by the President Elbegdorj.