By IANS,
New Delhi: Mongolia Monday said it was looking for increased trade and commerce with India in the fields of mining and information technology.
Mongolian leaders, including Prime Minister Sukhbaataryn Batbold and chairman of the Mongolian State Great Hural (Parliament) D. Demberel made known their wish list during their meeting with visiting Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.
A parliamentary delegation led by the speaker is on a five-day day visit to Mongolia.
Batbold said the relations between India and Mongolia “go much beyond diplomatic relations as these are rooted in history”.
“He underlined the need for increasing trade and commerce between the two countries, particularly in the field of mining. Referring to Mongolia as a landlocked country and India’s prominence in the field of IT, he stated that IT holds a great potential in which India could play an important role,” according to a release issued by Lok Sabha secretariat here.
Batbold said that the visit of the Lok Sabha speaker will add a new dynamics to the bilateral relations, it said.
During Meira Kumar’s meeting with Demberel, he said he considered it “a happy occasion as the visit synchronized with the 55th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between India and Mongolia”.
“He gratefully referred to the assistance being provided by India to Mongolia in various fields, particularly in the field of Information Technology. He was quite optimistic that the prominence of India in the field of IT will be greatly helpful to Mongolia.”
Meira Kumar said there was a great scope for further strengthening of bilateral relations in the areas of health, medicines, higher studies and agriculture.
Referring to the rich mineral deposits of Mongolia, she expressed the need for tapping these resources which would go a long way in further enhancing bilateral relations to the mutual advantage of the two countries.
In the field of cultural exchanges, she said that the temple at Bodh Gaya, built by Mongolia, continues to attract tourists and pilgrims from India and abroad.
She also paid homage to the conqueror Genghis Khan who consolidated tribes into a united Mongolia.