Meeting a group of Mongolian prosecutors who are in Taiwan for a training course, President Chen Shui-bian (
"I hope both [Taiwan and Mongolia] will gain helpful experience through the judicial exchange ... Furthermore, I hope that upon conclusion of the course, all members will express to Mongolia the Taiwanese people's friendliness and act as a bridge for future exchanges between Mongolia and Taiwan," the president said while receiving the group at the Presidential Office.
The group was led by Altankhuyag Mongol, Mongolia's State Public Prosecutor General, a position in Mongolia which is equal to that of a minister in Taiwan. Altankhuyag is also the Mongolian president's legal councilor.
The group of Mongolian prosecutors is in Taiwan for a month-long workshop on the judicial system organized by the Ministry of Justice.
The program for the workshop includes an introduction to Taiwan's judicial system and related acts and statutes. Taiwanese scholars from various judicial disciplines will conduct lectures, which interpreters will translate.
The program also includes visits to several government departments.
Noting his study tour to Mongolia in 1999, during which he was given a Przewalski horse as a gift from then Mongolian prime minister Janlaviin Narantsatsralt, Chen said that although he could not bring the horse back to Taiwan, "whenever I look at its picture, I can feel bilateral ties galloping, growing."
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