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Japan, Mongolia agree to cooperate in uranium ore development+
TOKYO, July 16 Kyodo -
The leaders of Japan and Mongolia agreed Thursday to cooperate in developing
uranium and other minerals rich in Mongolia, with Tokyo promising to step up
its aid to bolster the Mongolian economy.
Meeting in Tokyo, Prime Minister Taro Aso and Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaa
Bayar also exchanged their opinions on the North Korean nuclear and ballistic
missile issues as well as its past abductions of foreign nationals, Japanese
Foreign Ministry officials said.
Aso expressed hope that Mongolia, which maintains friendly ties with the North,
would help steer Pyongyang away from launching ballistic missiles and making
other provocative moves, the officials added.
The two countries also signed a memorandum on cooperating in the nuclear power
field. Under the agreement, the two countries will work on training nuclear
experts and improving the environment for investment in Mongolia to develop
uranium ore.
Largely an agrarian economy, Mongolia is seeking to become an exporter of
natural resources with its rich mineral reserves, such as coal, copper and
uranium. It has a reserve estimated to contain 62,000 tons of uranium.
Uranium is used in a nuclear reactor to generate heat, and Japan is heavily
dependent on nuclear power. China and Russia are also said to be seeking
opportunities to develop uranium ore in Mongolia.
The aid Japan has promised to step up in the talks would come in the form of
official development assistance, the officials said.
Earlier in the day, Bayar met with Yukio Hatoyama, president of the main
opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and wished him well on the party's bid to
take power, a DPJ lawmaker who took part in the meeting said.
Hatoyama reassured Bayar that Japan would continue to assist Mongolia's
economic development if his party takes power by winning big in the House of
Representatives election, which Aso has said will be held on Aug. 30, the
lawmaker said.
The Mongolian prime minister, who arrived in Japan on Wednesday, is scheduled
to visit the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido to study stock farming before
leaving Japan on Monday.
==Kyodo
The leaders of Japan and Mongolia agreed Thursday to cooperate in developing
uranium and other minerals rich in Mongolia, with Tokyo promising to step up
its aid to bolster the Mongolian economy.
Meeting in Tokyo, Prime Minister Taro Aso and Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaa
Bayar also exchanged their opinions on the North Korean nuclear and ballistic
missile issues as well as its past abductions of foreign nationals, Japanese
Foreign Ministry officials said.
Aso expressed hope that Mongolia, which maintains friendly ties with the North,
would help steer Pyongyang away from launching ballistic missiles and making
other provocative moves, the officials added.
The two countries also signed a memorandum on cooperating in the nuclear power
field. Under the agreement, the two countries will work on training nuclear
experts and improving the environment for investment in Mongolia to develop
uranium ore.
Largely an agrarian economy, Mongolia is seeking to become an exporter of
natural resources with its rich mineral reserves, such as coal, copper and
uranium. It has a reserve estimated to contain 62,000 tons of uranium.
Uranium is used in a nuclear reactor to generate heat, and Japan is heavily
dependent on nuclear power. China and Russia are also said to be seeking
opportunities to develop uranium ore in Mongolia.
The aid Japan has promised to step up in the talks would come in the form of
official development assistance, the officials said.
Earlier in the day, Bayar met with Yukio Hatoyama, president of the main
opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and wished him well on the party's bid to
take power, a DPJ lawmaker who took part in the meeting said.
Hatoyama reassured Bayar that Japan would continue to assist Mongolia's
economic development if his party takes power by winning big in the House of
Representatives election, which Aso has said will be held on Aug. 30, the
lawmaker said.
The Mongolian prime minister, who arrived in Japan on Wednesday, is scheduled
to visit the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido to study stock farming before
leaving Japan on Monday.
==Kyodo
