Putin plans meetings with Mongolia, China presidents at SCO summit in July

MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold a trilateral meeting with the presidents of Mongolia and China on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tashkent in July. He made this statement on Wednesday at a ceremony of the presentation of credentials by the foreign ambassadors, including Mongolian. "We will continue the dialogue with the president of Mongolia at the SCO summit in Tashkent in June; it is planned to hold a trilateral meeting in the Russia-Mongolia-China format," Putin said. According to the president, Russia and Mongolia have long-standing good neighborly relations. "The further expansion of bilateral cooperation will be promoted by the implementation of the mid-term strategic partnership program adopted last year," he said. Read more