President Kh.Battulga received credentials from Ambassador of North Korea to Mongolia O Sung Ho at the State Palace on January 8. The president sat down with the new ambassador to exchange views on the relations and cooperation between the two countries. At the beginning of their meeting, Ambassador Ho conveyed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s warm greetings to President Kh.Battulga. The ambassador underlined that North Korea plans to organize several cultural events as the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between North Korea and Mongolia will be marked this year. He highlighted that the governments of the two countries are focusing on strengthening friendly and historic bilateral relationship. The president noted that he hopes Ambassador Ho will actively work to strengthen friendly ties between the two nations. President Kh.Battulga said that he is willing to develop agricultural and sports cooperation with North Korea, and wished the new ambassador success in his work.