Thursday, February 15, 2001

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori met with Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar of the Mongolian People's Republic at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. Prime Minister Mori expressed his sympathy for the damage done by heavy snows in Mongolia for the second year in a row and said that Japan would provide help, including additional emergency assistance. The two leaders exchanged views on bilateral cooperation and agreed to make greater efforts to build a comprehensive partnership for the twenty-first century.