Speaker meets Turkish PM

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In Turkey with the official visit, the Speaker of Mongolian parliament Z.Enkhbold Thursday received Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime Minister. The Speaker underlined an importance of the official visit of the Turkish PM to Mongolia, which ran April this year, in widening of the bilateral traditional and friendly relations and expressed a willingness to strengthen these ties in all spheres. He thanked Mr Erdogan for attaching an importance to the 300 million USD soft loan given for erecting apartments town in the UB city. He said Mongolia proposes widening the tourism collaboration, cooperating in establishing a historical, cultural and tourism center at historical sites of ancient Turks in Mongolian Orkhon valley, and in renovating the Kharkhorin airport, and requested the Turkish side to support these suggestions. The Speaker also emphasized that a signing of the intergovernmental agreement on exempting people from visa requirements would boost a tourism cooperation and expand the business ties. The Premier of Turkey Mr Erdogan said his country will realize the projects and measures such as giving the above soft loan and collaborating in renovating of the Kharkhorin airport. After this meeting, the Speaker visited Ankara's districts where a re-planning is underway.