MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOLDS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HER ISRAELI COUNTERPART
- 2021-11-01
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Today, on October 29, Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg held a telephone conversation with her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid to exchange views on bilateral relations and cooperation.
In connection with the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Israel being marked this year, the two Foreign Ministers exchanged congratulatory messages on the occasion, affirming the close cooperation to be carried out to actively develop relations.
Minister B.Battsetseg noted the successful development of bilateral relations in the past 30 years, and expressed interest in expanding cooperation in the sectors of innovation, advanced technology, agriculture, and tourism, which are the leading sectors of Israel. The sides also discussed the COVID-19 pandemic situation as well as how operations are returning back to normal in both countries through successful vaccination drives by involving the population in an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccines.