AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs Damdin Tsogtbaatar spoke to Wang Yi, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, on the phone on May 6.

The Ministers exchanged information on the Covid-19 situations in the two countries and expressed their pleasure that the two countries have been effectively working together in Covid-19 prevention, Montsame reports. They also stressed that the talks held during the Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga’s February visit to China as well as the mutual support between the Mongolian and Chinese people and organizations have further deepened the friendly relations and understanding between the people of the two countries.

Minister Tsogtbaatar proposed to actively cooperate to bring bilateral trade turnover to USD 10 billion by placing more emphasis on the revival of bilateral trade and economic cooperation and overcoming the delays while also attaching considerable significance to the protection of public health and prevention of infections. Minister Wang Yi supported the proposal and suggested talking thoroughly about joint measures in the forthcoming second video-conference of the recently established online Mongolia-China cooperation mechanism.