State Secretary of Ministry of Defense to visit Japan

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense Z.Boldbaatar is to pay an official visit to Japan November 25-28. He has been invited by his Japanese counterpart Masanori Nishi. The two will run official negotiations, but before this the guest will meet with Mr Itsunori Onodera, the Defense Minister, and with Mr Ivasaki Shigeru, the Chief of the Joint Staff Council of Japan Self-Defense Forces, to share views on current state and future prospect of the defense cooperation. In parallel with deepening the Mongolia-Japan relations in politics, economy, arts and culture, which have developed into the strategic partnership relationship, a cooperation in the defense sector has been expanding at a great pace in recent years. Since signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two ministries in 2012, the countries have developed a new level collaboration that includes military staff trainings and joint peace support exercises.