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US secretary of state to visit Mongolia next year

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-26 22:50

ULAN BATOR - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay an official visit to Mongolia next year, Mongolian media said Monday.

Mongolian Foreign Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav met Clinton on the sidelines of the foreign ministers' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from July 22 to 23.

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During the meeting, they exchanged views on Mongolia-US relations and cooperation. Zandanshatar invited Clinton to visit Mongolia in 2011 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Mongolia's national freedom movement and the 90th anniversary of the People's Revolution.

Clinton accepted the invitation and agreed to visit Mongolia at that time.

Moreover, she congratulated Mongolia on the 20th anniversary of Mongolia's democratization and on leading the League of Democratic Nations from 2011.

Clinton visited Mongolia as US first lady.