Ulaanbaatar
Intergovernmental economic commission meets in Vienna
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Fourth Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation Commission meeting of Mongolia and the Republic of Austria took place in Vienna on May 23, chaired by Mongolian Mining Minister R.Jigjid and Austrian Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Economy B.Gierlinger.
The sides exchanged views and reached some agreements on strengthening economic ties, especially in taking certain steps towards cooperation in energy, finance, commerce, investment, agriculture and tourism.
Intergovernmental agreement on Comprehensive Partnership in Mineral Resources was inked. The sides also reached a principal agreement on launching the second stage of financial cooperation agreement.
In the margin of this event, meetings of mining analysts and of business representatives were organized.
The Austrian side offered to arrange specialization programmes for Mongolian physicians at the Medical University of Graz.
During the meetings, Minister of Mining R.Jigjid exchanged opinions on opportunities of cooperation in mineral resources sphere with Mr C.Schoenbauer, deputy minister of the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and the Economy.
