Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia and China to unite efforts against desertification
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In China with the official visit, Mongolian Minister of Environment, Green Development and Tourism N.Battsereg has met with colleague, Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining. They agreed to cooperate in disposition of chemical waste and in combating the “yellow storms”.
Mr Battsereg proposed organizing a consultative meeting between the two Ministries within this year, moreover, it has been agreed to hold an anticipatory meeting in Ulaanbaatar to present the potential cooperation projects.
The Mongolian side expressed an interest to attend as an observer the tripartite environment ministerial meeting Japan-China-South Korea, the largest operating mechanism of environmental cooperation in Northeast Asia.
Ministers also touched upon the matter on transport and storage of chemical products and waste management. The Mongolian side suggested that China cooerates with us in the disposal of these chemical wastes, in regard to the fact that most of the chemical products used in Mongolia are imported from China. As of 2014, there were over 500 tons of chemical waste stored by Petrochina Dachintamsag LLC and 300 tons--by Zongheutian LLC.
Mr Chen Jining expressed a satisfaction with the initiation of the cooperation in environment and with the experience sharing. “The environmental protection is the priority issue for developing countries. As for China, our priority revolves around bio-ecology, specifically, the water issues”, he said.
He added that China is ready to cooperate with Mongolia in combating the shared problem of desertification and yellow storms. The sides resolved to launch a 3.9 million CNY worth Monitoring and Evaluation project on Mongolia-China bordering regions’ desertification and yellow storms.
