Ulaanbaatar
Russia to share experience on tobacco control with Mongolia
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Delegates from the Russian Federation, including Olga Knorre, member of the Coordinating Council for Tobaccor Control and Victor Zikov, Deputy Head of the Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics of the Ministry of Health of Russia are paying an official visit to Mongolia with a view to support Mongolia on including principles of the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) into the Mongolian Law on Tobacco Control.
Health Minister of Mongolia A.Tsogtsetseg met with the delegates today, March 14 to exchange views on the legal environment of tobacco control and emphasized on a demand to make amendments to Law on Tobacco Control of Mongolia in compliance with social needs. The Russian specialists shared their experience on tobacco control and expressed their willingness to work with related officials of Mongolia.
Mongolia became a party to WHO The Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004 and ratified the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, which followed the FCTC in 2012. The Law on Tobacco Control of Mongolia was developed and approved in 1993 and revised in 2005, 2012 and 2015 respectively.
