Investment opportunities in Mongolia to be studied by Qatar working group

Politics
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2021-11-10 16:45:12

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSANE/. Within the framework of her official visit to the Qatar, Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Qatar Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani on November 9.

 

Conveying the greetings of Prime Minister of Mongolia L.Oyun-Erdene, Foreign Minister B.Battsetseg, on behalf of the Government of Mongolia thanked the Qatar side for donating medical equipment worth USD 150 thousand worth in the fight against the pandemic.


Expressing satisfaction with the strengthening bilateral political relations between the two countries, the sides agreed to send a working group in charge of studying investment possibilities from Qatar to Mongolia in order to widen trade, investment, and economic cooperation with mutual benefits.

 

For his part, Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Qatar expressed interest in receiving a high-level visit from Mongolia to the Qatar.

 

Foreign Minister B.Battsetseg met Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari, having discussion on funding of a kindergarten to be built with the assistance of Qatar, fight against the desertification, planting trees and eliminating ecological pollution. Qatar Fund for Development reaffirmed its commitment to expand the cooperation with Mongolia and seek opportunities to implement joint projects and programs.

 

Foreign Minister B.Battsetseg also had a meeting with CEO of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al-Mahmoud to exchange views on possibilities to collaborate in the fields of investment, mining, banking, food and agriculture, and then the sides agreed to send a research team from Qatar to Mongolia. 

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