President receives Mongolian Parliament President

Lao PDR President Choummaly Sayasone, on December 19, received Mr. Damdin Demberel, Chairman of the Mongolian Parliament, who was on goodwill visit to Laos at the invitation of his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong.
At the meeting, President Choummaly Sayasone and Mongolian Parliament Chairman Damdin Demberel highly valued the development of the traditional relations of friendship between Laos and Mongolia.
The Lao President said that the cordial solidarity between the people of Laos and Mongolia was of the fraternal and close solidarity – the solidarity that the people of the two countries have enjoyed since time immemorial.
President Choummaly also expressed congratulations for the visit to Laos of Mr. Damdin Demberel as a big contribution to enhance the traditional friendship relation and co-operation between Laos and Mongolia. He said that Mongolia has helped Laos during the revolutionary time and the said assistance has been further developed at present.
The assistance of Mongolia to Laos included the construction of hospital in Xiengkhoung province and the provision of medical equipment and experts on livestock to Laos. President Choummaly Sayasone also expressed his thanks through Mr. Damdin Demberel to the government and people of Mongolia for their valuable assistance to Laos. Mr. Damdin Demberel expressed pleasure and satisfaction with a warm hospitality given to him by President Choummaly Sayasone and praised the friendly relations and mutual assistance between the two states and people, which have been increasingly nurtured and
developed.