Speaker of Parliament M.Enkhbold received Russian delegates led by Russia’s First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy Sergei Kalashnikov on Monday at the State House. During their meeting, Speaker M.Enkhbold stressed that the two countries’ legislatures should work together to deal with challenges in customs, taxation and transportation, and focus on enhancing their legal and regulatory environment to increase trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. He added that as a medium-term program for the development of Mongolia-Russia strategic partnership is the basic guideline of mutual cooperation and the main goal of strategic partnership for the next five years, the two countries’ legislatures should urge their governments to implement the program. Kalashnikov noted that at a meeting between the Russian Federation Council Committee and the Mongolia-Russia Inter-Parliamentary Group in the Mongolia’s legislature in Novosibirsk City of Russia last year, the sides discussed future plans and pointed out that a mechanism to promote cooperation between the two nations’ legislatures, which has been of great importance to developing efficient and constant collaboration in all sectors of the two countries.