Chinese special envoy attends Mongolian presidential inauguration

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy Qiangba Puncog attended the inauguration ceremony of Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj Wednesday, hoping to strengthen high-profile exchanges and economic cooperation. China believes that the China-Mongolia relationship would develop additional opportunities under the leadership of Xi and Elbegdorj in the new era, Qiangba Puncog, vice chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, said during a meeting with the president. He transferred Xi's congratulation on Elbegdorj's re-election for a second four-year term as president, hoping to strengthen high-profile political exchanges and pragmatic cooperation in the fields of trade and economy, culture and multilateralism to further promote the China-Mongolia strategic partnership. Elbegdorj said his country takes its relationship with China as one of the priorities of Mogolia's foreign policy, and that Mongolia would deepen its good-neighborly relations with China to benefit the two countries and peoples.