Mongolia to collaborate with France in reducing smog and traffic jam

Oyundelger 2018-10-24 02:10

Society

Representatives of Ulaanbaatar City Council visited the French Republic to held meetings with the Deputy Mayor of Paris and First Vice-President of the Île-de-France Regional Council.

Representatives of Ulaanbaatar City Council visited the French Republic to held meetings with the Deputy Mayor of Paris and First Vice-President of the Île-de-France Regional Council. At the meeting, the Mongolian side expressed delight toward recent activation in cooperation between the cities and provinces and made certain proposals on broadening cooperation further in fighting air pollution and development of infrastructure, urban planning especially in reducing traffic jam of the capital city and on sharing experiences by inviting French experts in these fields in Ulaanbaatar. The French side expressed interest to widen cooperation in these fields through experienced agencies of Paris in air pollution, environment, infrastructure and urban planning and agreed to engage its experts in the works on the basis of definite proposals. In addition, the sides briefed about Paris plan to mitigate air pollution until 2050 and reported about actions to be taken at stages within the plan including making old heating systems smokeless and decreasing the number of vehicles until 2050 and increasing use of electric cars.