GHMAF HEAD MEETS AMBASSADOR OF RUSSIA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Head of the General Headquarters of Mongolian Armed Forces (GHMAF) Major-General D.Davaa Thursday received Mr I.K.Azizov, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Mongolia. While sharing views on the Mongolia-Russia relations in the defense sector and further cooperation, the two acknowledged that these ties are the one of important sectors of the Mongolia-Russia relationship. Davaa noted that the two countries celebrated last year the 75th anniversary of the Victory on Khalkh River Battle, and talked about the 70th anniversaries of the Great Patriotic War and of the Liberation War of Far East. The sides talked about a meeting of the two countries’ Defense Ministers during the 4th annual Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) last April, at which views were shared on present situation, problems and further directions of the bilateral defense collaboration, and an agreement was reached to step up the cooperation in improving military techniques for air defense of Mongolia within the 2014-2019 second middle-term program of the military-technical cooperation, and to continue training Mongolian servicemen in military academies and universities of under soft terms and financial aid. The sides also noted that the Mongolia-Russia joint "Selenge" military exercises will take place in August in Russia.