Ulaanbaatar
Mongolian and Lithuanian FMs discuss cooperation
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia L.Purevsuren met with the Lithuanian FM Linas Antanas Linkevicius at the UN Headquarters in New York October 1. They agreed that the bilateral cooperation should be extended to business and market fields, particularly through serving as bridges for each other’s export goods to the nearby markets.
They also stressed that Lithuania can give Mongolian agricultural products an access to the European market, while Mongolia can act as Lithuania’s transit to Chinese market.
After this the two shared ideas on recommencing the regular meetings between the two Ministries.
L.Purevsuren asked for Lithuania’s support on the adoption of the UN resolution on the permanent neutrality of Mongolia, and its candidacy to the election of the UN Human Rights Council that is to run this October.
Mr Linkevicius said his country supports Mongolia's seeking the membership in the UN Human Rights Council election and added that Mongolia’s support is needed in Lithuania’s candidacy to the Committee of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Present at the meeting were permanent representative and ambassador of Mongolia to the UN O.Sukhbold, ambassador-at-large O.Enkhtsetseg, and Lithuania’s acting representative to the UN N.Jakubone and a director in charge of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania R.Kacinskas.
