President meets Norwegian Prime Minister on wealth fund experience
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On the sidelines of the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting
(ASEM) summit, President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga met Prime Minister
of the Kingdom of Norway Erna Solberg on October 19th.
Prime
Minister Erna Solberg thanked President Battulga for the opportunity to meet
and discuss bilateral cooperation, while emphasizing that there are some
similarities between the two countries that have small population.
President
Battulga took interest in Norway’s wealth fund and inquired into the possibility
of learning from their experience and adopting in Mongolia. The President
voiced his belief that it was possible to introduce Norwegian technologies in
some sectors of Mongolia, especially to manufacture products out of raw
materials of animal origin and supply to the Chinese market. President Battulga
mentioned that this could be a big opportunity to support the two countries’
young businessmen. The President expressed interest in cooperating with Norway
in education sector, learning from their experience in vocational training, and
adopting the practice in Mongolia.
Prime
Minister Erna Solberg highlighted the importance of quality vocational
education as well as good engineers in national development and spoke about
Norway’s integration of universities and colleges as a result of which the
country now has nine universities. The Prime Minister also briefed about the
functions of the wealth fund and expressed readiness to share the experience
with Mongolia.
The
sides exchanged views on cooperation in several areas, including technology,
education, and wealth fund experience and expressed mutual commitment to
supporting each other in the international arena.
Source: president.mn/en