Mongolia's newly-elected President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh takes the oath of office in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, June 25, 2021. Newly-elected Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on Friday pledged to do his best to maintain national unity. (Photo by Chadraabal/Xinhua)
ULAN BATOR, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Newly-elected Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on Friday pledged to do his best to maintain national unity.
Khurelsukh made the commitment after being sworn in as Mongolia's sixth president since 1993.
"As the President of Mongolia, I will cherish our people's unity like the apple of my eye, uphold the rights and support conciliation. Unity is the guarantee of a country's independence and existence," said Khurelsukh, noting that progress is impossible without unity.
"I will strive for social justice and the establishment of a truly democratic state. I believe that the equitable distribution of natural resources to the people is a principle of justice," he said.
Today, Mongolia and all mankind are facing the difficult challenge of overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, Khurelsukh said, urging his people to make their own contributions by strictly following relevant guidelines to win the fight against the pandemic.
On foreign relations, he said the country will pursue a peaceful, open, independent and multi-pronged foreign policy to ensure the continuity of Mongolia's foreign policy.
Khurelsukh won a landslide victory in the regular presidential election held on June 9.
He became the first Mongolian president to serve a single six-year term instead of the previous renewable four-year term, as stipulated by a new constitutional amendment.
Khurelsukh, 53, a former chairman of the ruling Mongolian People's Party, served as Mongolian prime minister twice between 2017 and 2021. Enditem
