Ulaanbaatar
ASEM Consultative meeting on food security approaching
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ One of the side events of the forthcoming 11th ASEM Summit, a consultative meeting on food security will be held on June 20-21 in Ulaanbaatar.
A press conference on the consultative meeting’s preparations and agenda was called at the MONTSAME agency’s info-center by M.Tsengeg, director of the MFA Department of European and American Affairs; and B.Binderiya, head of the External Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
The consultative meeting will be attended by representatives from public and non-governmental organizations engaged in the agricultural industry of 17 countries, Embassies and Consulates in Mongolia, and 11 international organizations including the European Union (EU) that are implementing projects and programs on agriculture and food.
To be held under three main topics--the food supply in Asian and European regions; trade, transportation and logistics of foods; and climate change impact on food safety, the meeting is set to contribute to improving food supply in ASEM members by accelerating food production, promoting the public-private-partnership (PPP) and regulating effectively the national and regional policy on foods.
The consultative meeting will be resulted in releasing recommendations and conclusion that are to be summed up and presented at a pertinent debate of the 11th ASEM Summit scheduled on July 15-16 in Ulaanbaatar.
