Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has described the President of Mongolia, Tsakia Elbegdorj, as a lover of democracy.
Sambo made the remark on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy call on the President in his office in Ulaambaatar, Mongolia. The vice president, who represented President Goodluck Jonathan at the 7th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies, which held in that country, described Mongolia as a country with a strong history in the world and hoped to strengthen and develop more relationships between the countries.
Sambo also hoped that the countries would continue to relate and cooperate in areas that would be beneficial to their various people and promised to report back to Jonathan on the excellent and
successful conduct of the event.
In his response, Elebegdorj stated that countries and continents are connected together and that he regarded Jonathan as his good friend and looked forward to future working relationships with him when he assumes the presidency of the Community of Democracy.
The vice president was accompanied by the Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo; the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Viola Onwuliri; the Nigerian Ambassador to China, Ambassador Aminu Wali; his Polish counterpart, Samuel Jumba; and Adetokunbi Sonaike, the Director of Asia-Pacific Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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