Mongolia-EU Joint Committee meeting held virtually.

Densmaa 2020-12-06 11:12

Politics

The 20th meeting of Mongolia-European Union Joint Committee was held in an online format on December 3.

In the meeting, Mongolia and the EU discussed the current state and outlook of political, economic, human rights, environmental, and energy cooperation and other issues. Underlining that the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting not only Mongolian, but at large the global socio-economic development, Foreign Minister expressed gratitude to the EU for its cooperation in the challenging time. Also Mongolia presented a finalized list of products in over 20 categories it plans to export to the EU and agreed to submit it in the near future. Mongolia reaffirmed its interest in further expanding citizen exchange, especially in involving students, universities, and colleges in open EU education and science programs and facilitating travel. Moreover, the EU noted that Mongolia enhanced its system for combating money laundering and terrorism and related legal frameworks in a short period of time and expressed great pleasure with the current level of bilateral cooperation, showing an interest in cooperating in raw material industry as part of the efforts to further expand bilateral cooperation. The Committee adopted a joint protocol on the plans agreed upon during the meeting as well as its cooperatiIn the meeting, Mongolia and the EU discussed the current state and outlook of political, economic, human rights, environmental, and energy cooperation and other issues. Underlining that the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting not only Mongolian, but at large the global socio-economic development, Foreign Minister expressed gratitude to the EU for its cooperation in the challenging time. Also Mongolia presented a finalized list of products in over 20 categories it plans to export to the EU and agreed to submit it in the near future. Mongolia reaffirmed its interest in further expanding citizen exchange, especially in involving students, universities, and colleges in open EU education and science programs and facilitating travel. Moreover, the EU noted that Mongolia enhanced its system for combating money laundering and terrorism and related legal frameworks in a short period of time and expressed great pleasure with the current level of bilateral cooperation, showing an interest in cooperating in raw material industry as part of the efforts to further expand bilateral cooperation. The Committee adopted a joint protocol on the plans agreed upon during the meeting as well as its cooperation plan for 2021.
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