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Mongolia-German intergovernmental working group meets in Berlin
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The 5th meeting of the Mongolia-German intergovernmental working group serving to control over the implementation of an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the fields of natural resources, industry and technology from 2011 was held in Berlin on December 13.
The meeting was co-chaired by Minister of Energy of Mongolia P.Gankhuu and Director of Department of industrial policy of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy W. Shcremet.
At the meeting, the parties agreed to ensure the implementation of the agreement through fostering bilateral cooperation in the areas of mining, energy and small and medium-sized enterprises and introducing European standards in Mongolia. Then, sides exchanged views on ways for achieveing progress in and on further actions.
After this, the working group reviewed the results of the 6th meeting of the Mongolia-German economic committee which was held on December 12 and focused on some joint projects and programs to be implemented in the nearest future.
This meeting was attended by over 20 representatives from some Mongolian companies such as the Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC, the Development bank, the Mongolian railway, and MAK group and by above 50 reps of German companies such as Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bahn, and Thyssenkrupp. The participants discussed about 20 potential projects and programs for implementing in Mongolia.
