Japan, Mongolia agree to accelerate talks for free trade deal

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and visiting Mongolian parliament speaker Damdin Demberel agreed Tuesday to accelerate efforts to start talks toward a free trade agreement, the Foreign Ministry said.

They also discussed Japanese companies' participation in developing the Tavan Tolgoi mine in Mongolia, which is believed to have one of the world's largest reserves of coal, the ministry said.

Noda also expressed gratitude for Mongolian support in the wake of the March earthquake-tsunami disaster, according to the ministry.

(Mainichi Japan) December 14, 2011

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