AKIPRESS.COM - Member of Parliament and Head of Mongolia-Italy Inter-Parliamentary Group B.Purevdorj held a virtual meeting with Member of the Italian National Parliament and Chairman of Italy-Mongolia Group in the Parliament Mr. Alessandro Pagano on April 26, Montsame reports.

At the outset of the meeting, MP B.Purevdorj expressed gratitude to Italy for its active participation and investment in the COVAX Facility as a member state of the European Union and informed the Mongolian Government’s ongoing ‘MNT 10 trillion Plan for health protection and economic recovery’. He also emphasized that inter-parliamentary active relations and cooperation are the basis to strengthen and develop Mongolia-Italian cooperation in economic and social fields.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on matters including increasing the volume of bilateral trade turnover, developing science and technology-based cooperation in the healthcare sector, and sharing experiences on matters of mutual interest.

Stressing that inter-parliamentary cooperation especially cooperation between bilateral friendship groups plays an important role in the aforementioned directions, the bilateral delegates reciprocally expressed their readiness to collaborate in further activating inter-parliamentary cooperation and bring results by using the potential of economic ties.

The virtual meeting was attended by MPs and Members of Mongolia-Italy Inter-Parliamentary Group A.Adiyasuren and Ts.Sandag-Ochir, Ambassador of Mongolia to Italy Ts.Jambaldorj as well as members of the Italy-Mongolia Group in the Italian National Parliament and other officials.