Speaker at 129th IPU assembly

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Taking part in the 129th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, the Speaker of parliament Z.Enkhbold Tuesday held meetings with Ms Meira Kumar, the Speaker of India’s Lok Sabha (parliamentary lower house); Mr John Hogg, the president of the Australian Senate; and Mr Uesugi Mitsuhiro, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives. Ms Kumar expressed a satisfaction with the present Mongolia-India relations, and emphasized that the countries have been successfully developing the cooperation in the culture, arts, IT, education and other fields. "Buddhism makes the bilateral relations closer and friendly", she added. The Speaker Z.Enkhbold and Mr Mitsuhiro noted that they have the same positions on intensifying the Mongolia-Japan relations and cooperation in the mining, minerals, energy, infrastructure, animal husbandry and land farming sectors. At the meeting with Mr Hogg, the Speaker underlined a vital role of the official developmental assistance from Australia in a development of our human resources. He expressed satisfaction with big contributions of the Mongolian alumni of Australian universities and institutes to the country’s development and progress.