Ulaanbaatar
Chairman of Standing Committee meets Kuwaiti Ambassador
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. MP and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Security and Foreign Policy B.Battumur received the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kuwait to Mongolia Mohammad Faisal
Al-Mutairi on March 17 and exchanged views on bilateral cooperation.
Last year, the two countries marked their 45th anniversary
of the establishment of diplomatic relations. The two sides noted their
satisfactions with the development of bilateral cooperation in trade, economy and
humanitarian sectors, in particular inter-parliamentary cooperation.
At the meeting, Mr.Battumur stressed the importance of
implementing joint projects and programs, expanding trade and economic
cooperation, and increasing investment and asked the Ambassador to pay
attention to the development of tourism and access of Mongolian goods to the
markets of Kuwait and the Gulf countries.
Mongolia attaches great importance to its cooperation with Kuwait.
Projects and programs being implemented with the non-refundable aid of Kuwait
are continuing according to the schedule. For instance, the Government of
Kuwait provided a grant of USD 8 million for the construction of the Central
Burn Hospital and a USD 3.5 million grant for the Undurkhaan Airport Renovation
Project. Mr. Battumur thanked the Kuwait Fund for its decision to provide a
grant of about USD500,000 to develop a feasibility study for the
Undurkhaan-Norovlin-Dadal road project.
The two countries have great potential for cooperation in many
sectors such as trade, economy and tourism. Numerous measures were planned for
the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, but some of
them were postponed due to the pandemic. Tourism and air relations projects and
programs are in talks, said the Ambassador.
During the meeting, the two sides expressed their commitment
to work for further development of bilateral relations in all sectors.
