"At a meeting of the intergovernmental commission in Ulaanbaatar in 2016, we had a very effective discussion of issues in all spheres, not only in the trade-and-economics but also in humanitarian and other areas," she said. "We have already adopted a detailed plan to deal with the problems that have been piling up for years, including railway transport, excise duties during railway shipments, building a water storage facility and cooperation in border regions. Our embassy is working with Russian ministries and agencies in all spheres."

"As regards concrete results, we expect that about 40-50% of problematic issues in relations between our countries will be regulated and resolved in practical terms before the Mongolian prime minister’s visit which is expected to take place in the first half of this year," the ambassador said, adding that the next regular meeting of the intergovernmental commission is scheduled to be held in Moscow in late 2017.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited Mongolia in July 2016. He had a series of bilateral meetings with Mongolia’s top officials and took part in a summit meeting of heads of state and government of ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) member states.