During his visit to Mongolia, Chairman of the Government of Russia’s Tuva Republic Sholban Kara-ool was received President Kh.Battulga on Monday at the State Palace to discuss relations and cooperation between Mongolia and Tuva. Kara-ool pointed out that Tuva is interested in strengthening bilateral relations in roads and transportation, trade and economic cooperation. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on an ongoing project to build a railway connecting Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva, with Tsagaan Tolgoi port at the Mongolian and Russian border, which was agreed to become the northern part of the railway corridor during the Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Russia in September 2017. The parties unanimously agreed that the two nations should strengthen regional and mutually beneficial cooperation, and promote business and people-to-people relations.