Mongolia relationship valued, president says

China and Mongolia should develop bilateral ties in the right direction from a strategic and long-term perspective, understand and respect each other's core interests and deepen mutual trust, President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday.

China has always greatly valued its ties with Mongolia and will strengthen exchanges and cooperation and keep pushing for better and faster development of the ties, in line with the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness and according to the policy of forging friendship and partnership with its neighbors, Xi said.

In addition, China respects the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Mongolia as well as the path of development that the Mongolian people choose for themselves, he said at the meeting on the sidelines of the fourth Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia.