J.BATZANDAN MP MEETS GENERAL CONSUL OF AUSTRALIA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A member of the State Great Khural J.Batzandan Monday received Mr Burchill Tony Reinhold, the General Consul of Australia to Mongolia, in the State House. He thanked the General Consulate for arriving and said he wants to have information on a present situation of the Mongolia-Australia ties, especially in the economy, education and mining spheres. In response, Mr Reinhold thanked the parliamentarian for receiving him and gave details about the current bilateral relations and cooperation, ongoing projects and programmes and works being run within loans and assistance. Mongolia and Australia have been collaborating in the educational sector for some 20 years, and 400 people have got master and PhD degrees in Australian universities and institutes so far, Mr Reinhold noted. After this the sides exchanged views on the cooperation in the economy and cultural sectors.