MOSCOW, Sept 15 —Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh said today that he supports the construction of oil and gas pipelines from Russia to China via Mongolia.

Speaking via translator at a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Uzbek city of Uzbekistan, Khurelsukh backed the proposal, which Russia’s Putin earlier this month said was being discussed. — Reuters