Ulaanbaatar
Deputy Premier meets Beate Trankmann
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Deputy Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh received Wednesday Beate Trankmann, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative to Mongolia; and Daniela Gasparikova, Deputy Permanent Representative of UNDP to Mongolia.
Beginning the meeting, the Deputy Premier expressed thanks to the UN and its organizations for supporting Mongolian socio-economic goals and rendering aid, and underlined that the UNDP has immensely contributed to a successful realization of goals to develop the good governance, to reduce the poverty rate, to save environment and to back sustainable development.
Khurelsukh said the government of Mongolia will continue supporting implementation of the Goals of Sustainable Development approved by UN members and he will co-relate these goals with the governmental action program to be discussed at parliament soon.
The UN Resident Coordinator congratulated U.Khurelsukh on being appointed as the Deputy Premier and then expressed her willingness to collaborate with the Deputy PM in realization of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The UNDP has cooperated with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) since 2015 in reducing disaster risks, gaining some achievements. The UNDP will continue this collaboration, Beate Trankmann said. She added that the UN is ready to cooperate with Mongolia in introducing international experiences in Mongolia.
