Ulaanbaatar
Prime Minister, Chinese Ambassador discuss next shipments of COVID-19 vaccine to Mongolia
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On April 26, 2021, Prime Minister of
Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai received Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Mongolia Chai Wenrui.
At the outset of the meeting, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene
expressed his gratitude for the government of China and its people for putting
the issues discussed over the course of a phone call between Mongolian Prime
Minister Oyun-Erdene and Chinese Premier of the State Council Li Keqiang dated
April 7 into effect and requested the Chinese Ambassador to convey the thanks
to the Chinese officials.
He further thanked Ambassador Chai Wenrui for his efforts
and quick actions to support Chinese assistance and donation vaccine, medical
supplies, and PPEs for Mongolia’s COVID-19 response and in the commercial
vaccine shipments within the framework of the friendly neighborhood relations
and cooperation of the two nations.
The Prime Minister and the Ambassador also exchanged views
on possibilities to arrange the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Mongolia
as well as further opportunities to deepen the Mongolia-China comprehensive
strategic partnership and maintain normal cooperation amid the pandemic.
As of today, Mongolia has received 1,500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from
China through donation and purchase.
PM Oyun-Erdene informed that he would become acquainted with
the conditions at the country’s border ports next week. In connection with
this, the sides talked about further measures to take in order to regularize
the operations of border checkpoint that play important role in the bilateral
relations of Mongolia and China.
