Ulaanbaatar
NEMA chief receives French Ambassador
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Chief of the National Emergency
Management Agency, Major General G.Ariunbuyan received Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Mongolia Sebastien
Surun.
During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on relations
and cooperation between the two countries and ongoing joint projects.
Mr. Ariunbuyan said, “Bilateral cooperation in the field of
disaster protection continues uninterruptedly even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Particularly, large-scale projects are being implemented under the public-private
partnerships. Despite the difficulties and obstacles caused by the
unpredictable situation, the two sides are working to achieve our goals through
joint efforts,” adding that he is pleased to note the significance of the
projects towards enhancing Mongolia’s disaster management capacity, which are being
implemented at NEMA under the soft loan from France.
A Memorandum of Understanding between the Disaster
Management Agency of the French Republic and the National Emergency Management
Agency of Mongolia was signed on October 14, 2010 during the official visit of
the Member of the Government of the French Republic, Minister of State for Foreign
Trade Ms. Anne-Marie Idrac. It marked
the beginning of bilateral relations and cooperation in the field of disaster
protection.
The signing of the MoU paved a way to expand the scope of bilateral
cooperation in the field of disaster protection, creating conditions to organize
trainings to improve human resource capacity, provide special equipment for
searching, rescuing and firefighting as well as to improve capacity of the warning
and management center.
Furthermore, within the framework of a financial agreement
between the Government of Mongolia and the Government of the French Republic, a
project on establishment of a new unit for air rescue operations and the supply
of special-purpose helicopters and firefighting vehicles is being successfully
implemented.
