State President Triet praised the visit by Mr Dashjamts Battulga, emphasizing that the meeting will make an important contribution to promoting the Vietnam-Mongolia relationship and map out future plans for cooperation between the two offices .

President Triet expressed delight at the traditional friendship between the two countries which has been maintained and developed. Both sides have cooperated to implement some high-level agreements, conduct the exchange of delegations and devise concrete measures to make economic cooperation more effective and practical. He expressed hope that both nations would continue to promote economic cooperation for mutual development and improve people’s living standards.

For his part, Mr Dashjamts Battulga briefed President Triet on the results of the talks between the leaders of the two offices and plans to make further contributions to the development of Vietnam-Mongolia relationship. He affirmed that Mongolia wished to develop relations with ASEAN nations, including Vietnam. Mongolia highlighted Vietnam’s role and status within the region, especially the country’s success as the ASEAN President. Mr Dashjamts Battulga emphasized that the official visit by President Triet in October 2008 gave a fresh impetus to develop the relationship between the two nations, especially to achieve fruitful developments in cooperation in such fields as economics, trade, education and health.

At the 14^th session of the inter-governmental committee for cooperation in economics, trade and science and technology recently, both nations devised measures to expand relations and cooperation.

The same day, at the Presidential Office, Head of the State President’s Office Nguyen Van Chien held talks with his counterpart and both leaders signed a cooperative agreement between the two offices.