Bulgaria and Mongolia Monday signed a joint declaration on strengthening bilateral military cooperation.



The declaration, signed by Bulgarian Minister of Defense Veselin Bliznakov and his visiting Mongolian counterpart Mishig Sonompil, said both countries will exchange information on security, military technology and military economy, strengthen military technological cooperation, and adopt joint measures to improve the training of their armies.



Bliznakov appreciated Mongolia's active participation in United Nations peacekeeping missions and promised to share with Mongolia his country's military reform experiences.



Sonompil emphasized Mongolia's contributions to the world's peacekeeping missions, and said his country would like to learn from Bulgaria's peacekeeping experiences.



He said Mongolia now has 400 troops taking part in UN peacekeeping missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and 250 more in Sierra Leone.



Source: Xinhua