The Foreign Affairs Ministers of Russia and China have sent congratulation letters to the Mongolian Minister of Foreign Relations, Ts.Munkh-Orgil, following his appointment. Recalling the many years of friendly cooperation and mutual understanding between Mongolia and Russia, Foreign Affairs Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov told Ts.Munkh-Orgil that cooperating productively on broad matters of international and regional interest will strengthen Mongolia-Russia's strategic partnership. Noting that Mongolian and Chinese relations and cooperation has been successfully and steadily developing in all sectors, Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi affirmed that he would cooperate with Ts.Munkh-Orgil on making the two countries’ strategic partnership go forward. In his letter, Foreign Minister Wang invited Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil to visit his country at his convenience. Ts.Munkh-Orgil, 52, is an alumnus of the International Relations Institute of Moscow, and obtained a graduate degree from Harvard Law School in 1996. Speaking Russian, English, and French, Ts.Munkh-Orgil is a professional diplomat who served as an attaché for the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Mongolia from 2004 to 2006. He has served as Minister and Deputy Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs, and has been elected to Parliament three times.