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The chairwoman of the Federal Council of the Russian Federation Ms Valentina Matviyenko paid an official visit to Mongolia on Monday, at an invitation of her counterpart of Mongolia Z.Enkhbold.
Officially starting the visit, the Speaker of Mongolian parliament Mr Enkhbold welcomed Ms Matviyenko on the Chinggis Square.
The same day, the President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj received Ms Matviyenko. She expressed a satisfaction with a successful visit to Mongolia and conveyed to the leader of Mongolia greetings from the Russian President V.Putin. Ms Matviyenko said the Mongolia-Russia relations have been developing at a partnership level and in mutually beneficial ways, joint ventures have been running with benefits, and the documents on the economic ties until 2015 have been realizing fruitfully.
The Prime Minister Altankhuyag said that enhancing the traditional, good neighborhood and many-sided friendly relations with the Russian Federation at a strategic partnership volume is one of the priorities of Mongolia’s foreign policy.
After wards, the top legislators of Mongolia and the Russian Federation called a press-conference on the results of their official negotiation that had run earlier that day.
The dignitaries discussed measures to be taken for enhancing outcomes of political and intergovernmental agreements between Mongolia and Russia on economy, trade, culture, sciences, transit transport and border affairs. The sides agreed upon joint efforts in broader celebration of the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Khalkh River battle to be marked this August. With all these agreements, the negotiations of the parliament Chairs are regarded now as "of significance", noted Mr Enkhbold.
Ms Matviyenko thanked the Mongolia side for the friendly reception and noted a pleasure in the current high-level relationship between Mongolia and Russia. She said the key mission of her visit is to strengthen inter-parliamentary relations, which have increasingly significant functions in the collaboration of the two nations.

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