ULAN BATOR, Aug 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolian President, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, met with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, here yesterday.
Asking Wang to convey his sincere greetings to Chinese President, Xi Jinping, Khurelsukh said, Mongolia and China share a long history of exchanges, and are permanent friendly neighbours and good friends, sharing weal and woe, with no political divergence or unresolved issues.
Mongolia firmly adheres to the one-China principle and believes that the issues related to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang are China’s internal affairs, he said, noting that, this is a consistent policy of the Mongolian side, and it will not change.
Mongolia appreciates China’s sharing of development opportunities with its neighbours, which helps Mongolia achieve common development and win-win cooperation, he said.
Mongolia highly appreciates China’s pandemic prevention and control policy, which not only effectively guarantees the health and well-being of the 1.4 billion Chinese people, but also makes important contributions to the global fight against the pandemic, Khurelsukh said.
He expressed his sincere gratitude to China for overcoming its own difficulties and providing multiple batches of vaccines and anti-pandemic materials to Mongolia.
For his part, Wang conveyed the cordial greetings from President Xi to President Khurelsukh, noting that, China and Mongolia are good neighbours that cannot be traded for gold, good brothers, who share weal and woe, and good partners who overcome tough times together.
China will continue to adhere to the existing policy, coordinate the pandemic prevention and control with socio-economic development, and continue to provide anti-pandemic support according to Mongolia’s needs, so as to jointly defeat the pandemic, he said.
China will always be a major country that accommodates the comfort of its neighbours, provides support and assistance to them, and develops together with them, Wang said.
China appreciates Mongolia’s reaffirmation of its firm support for the one-China principle and its opposition to interference in China’s internal affairs, Wang said, adding that, China also supports Mongolia in safeguarding its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Citing a Chinese proverb which goes like: “For our friends, we have fine wine. For jackals or wolves, we welcome with shotguns.” Wang said, the Chinese side is willing to join hands with Mongolia and other developing countries to move forward together, continue to support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests, jointly maintain peace and tranquility, build a beautiful homeland, and benefit future generations.
Also yesterday, Wang held talks with Mongolian Foreign Minister, Batmunkh Battsetseg and attended a joint press conference. The two sides signed documents on foreign ministries’ cooperation between the two countries and witnessed the signing of cooperation documents about railway ports, health quarantine and others.– NNN-XINHUA
