Mongolian Foreign Minister attends 73rd session of ESCAP

Oyundelger 2017-05-19 04:05

Politics

Ts.Munkh-Orgil, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia is attending the 73rd Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations in Bangkok as a panelist.

Mongolian Foreign Minister attends 73^rd session of ESCAP. Ts.Munkh-Orgil, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia is attending the 73^rd Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) of the United Nations in Bangkok as a panelist. Within the framework of his visit, Foreign Minister Ts.Munkh Orgil met with Shamshad Akhtar, the Executive Secretary of ESCAP, to exchange views on cooperation and current issues. ESCAP’s support in establishing AH3 route that was created under the government level agreement of Mongolia, Russia and China on using Asian Highway network for transport helped the implementation of trilateral initiatives of economic cooperation said Foreign Minister. Ms. Shamshad Akhtar noted her expectation towards the upcoming conference that is expected to take place in Ulaanbaatar within the framework of the implementation of latter agreement this year and expressed her intention in supporting Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018 to be held in Ulaanbaatar. Furthermore, Ms. Shamshad Akhtar highlighted the active cooperation of over 50 years between Mongolia and ESCAP and expressed her gratitude towards Mongolia’s support in the “Agreement on facilitation of cross-border paperless trade in the Asia-Pacific region”.