国内英语新闻:China, Mongolia pledge to advance parliamentary exchanges

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Parliamentary leaders of China and Mongolia met on Friday and pledged to enhance parliamentary exchanges between the two countries.

China and Mongolia should fulfil the consensus reached by state leaders, strengthen mutual trust, enhance exchanges between political parties and parliaments, and implement big cooperation projects and people-to-people exchange plans to promote bilateral friendship, said China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang.

Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), told Chairman of the State Great Hural of Mongolia Zandaakhuu Enkhbold that the NPC will strengthen its relationship with the Great Hural and prepare the first meeting of the bilateral parliamentary exchange mechanism.

Enkhbold said Mongolia's State Great Hural attaches great importance to exchanges with the NPC, and is ready to enhance their cooperation through regular meetings and exchanges.

Enkhbold was in Beijing to attend the Asian Political Parties' Special Conference on the Silk Road.