ULAN BATOR, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi discussed strengthening cooperation in various fields with Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister Dendev Terbishdagva here Wednesday.
Yang said China-Mongolia cooperation was for mutual benefit, and China never sought unilateral wins for itself in international cooperation at the expense of the cooperation partner.
The economies of China and Mongolia were highly complementary to each other, Yang said, expressing the hope the two sides would outline a program for medium- and long-term development of China-Mongolia relations of strategic partnership, to promote long-term steady development of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
Both sides needed to adhere to the policy of promoting the overall development of mineral resources, infrastructure facilities construction and financial cooperation, and explore new cooperation in such fields as deep processing of mineral products, new energy, agriculture and animal husbandry, he said.
The Chinese side was willing take an active part in the construction of railroads and highways in Mongolia, promote interconnection and mutual access between the two countries, and enable Mongolian products to go global more conveniently and more swiftly via China, Yang said.
He said the two sides needed to strengthen the construction frontier ports on their common borders, to promote the exchange of human resources and transportation of goods between the two countries.
China supported Chinese enterprises investing in Mongolia and hoped Mongolia would provide a favorable investment environment for them.
Terbishdagva said vast potential existed for cooperation between Mongolia and China. Mongolia agreed to the Chinese ideas for bilateral cooperation, and he hoped China would work out an outline for development of relations as early as possible, would improve the mechanisms for cooperation and would enrich the content of cooperation.