On the afternoon of October 26, 2023 local time, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met with Mongolian Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene on the sidelines of the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of SCO Member States in Bishkek.

Li Qiang said, China and Mongolia are adjacent to each other by mountains and rivers, and friendship and cooperation have always been the main tone of bilateral relations. President Xi Jinping and President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa held a fruitful meeting in Beijing not long ago, and reached a series of important common understandings on promoting the building of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future and deepening Belt and Road cooperation, which have provided strategic guidance for the sound and steady development of bilateral relations. China is ready to work with Mongolia to implement the common understandings reached by the two heads of state and always be a good neighbor and good brother who can be trusted and relied on. China is also ready to work with Mongolia to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries next year as an opportunity to carry forward the friendly tradition, build up political mutual trust, strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields, and provide more impetus for respective development and revitalization, so as to create more benefits for the two peoples.

Li Qiang pointed out that China stands ready to work with Mongolia to firmly support each other in safeguarding sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and firmly understand and support each other on issues related to respective core interests and major concerns. The two sides should continue to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, consolidate the existing gains, plan for future growth, strengthen cooperation in such fields as port connectivity, economy and trade, and green development, and further make the pie of common interests bigger, so as to better achieve win-win results. China is ready to strengthen cooperation with Mongolia within the SCO and other multilateral frameworks to better safeguard the common interests of the two countries and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene said that in recent years, the comprehensive strategic partnership between Mongolia and China has been continuously deepened, with close high-level exchanges and continuously deepening mutual understanding between the two countries, and the economic and trade cooperation has developed rapidly. Mongolia firmly abides by the one-China principle and opposes interference by external forces in China's internal affairs. Mongolia is ready to work with China to continuously enhance political mutual trust and mutual support, closely synergize development strategies and initiatives put forward by the two sides, and strengthen border port capacity building and connectivity, advance Belt and Road cooperation, deepen cooperation in areas including trade, railway, green development, tourism and culture, and deepen multilateral cooperation, so as to lift Mongolia-China relations to a higher level.

Wu Zhenglong was present at the meeting.