13 may 2009

Russia, Mongolia sign joint documents following bilateral talks

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Russian and Mongolian officials signed a number of documents at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Mongolian Prime Minister Sanjaagiin Bayar: 

• Memorandum of Understanding between Russia's Transport Ministry and Mongolia's Ministry of Roads, Transport, Construction and Urban Development;

• Joint Statement of Russia's Agriculture Minister and Mongolia's Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry on Cooperation in Agriculture;

• Memorandum of Intention between Russia's State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom and Mongolia's Nuclear Energy Agency on Training Personnel;

• Agreement between Russia's air carrier Aeroflot and MIAT Mongolian Airlines on Joint Airline Operations;

• Accord on Launching a Joint Venture between Russian Railways and Mongolia's state-owned company Erdenes MGL and state railway carrier MTZ.

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A press release was issued following Russian-Mongolian intergovernmental talks, which were held during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's May 13 visit to Mongolia.