Laos, Mongolia mull direct flight links

Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh (second right) guides President Thongloun Sisoulith (second left) and his wife (far right) on a tour of the Genghis Khan Memorial complex. - Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE: President Thongloun Sisoulith and his Mongolian counterpart Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh have agreed that their governments should work together to set up direct flights between the two landlocked countries.

President Thongloun led a high-profile Lao delegation on a two-day state visit to Mongolia on June 11-12 in response to an invitation from the Mongolian leader.