Ulaanbaatar
Memorandum signed on the implementation of ‘Work and Holiday’ visa arrangement
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On March 31, the signing ceremony of
the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Mongolia and the
Government of the Commonwealth of Australia on the implementation of
the ‘Work and Holiday’ visa arrangement took place at Parliament
House of Australia.
Representing their respective governments, N.Ankhbayar, State
Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, and Alex Hawke,
Member of the Australian Parliament and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship,
Migration Services and Multicultural Affairs, have signed the MoU.
With the signing of MoU aimed at deepening bilateral
relations and cooperation, promoting cultural exchanges between youth, and supporting
their desire to learn and develop, from July 1 this year 100 young people from
Mongolia will able to work and travel in Australia for a year. They will be
also able to study for up to four months during this period.
“Although the number of Mongolians residing in Australia is
small compared to people from other countries, we are pleased that they are
making substantial contribution to our society. The implementation of the arrangement
allows to strengthen the mutual understanding and opens up an opportunity for
Mongolian youths to study and travel in Australia while they are working,” said
Minister Alex Hawke during the ceremony.
For his part, State Secretary N.Ankhbayar noted, “We
are glad that a long-awaited document is now a real work. We hope that the
relationship, mutual understanding, trust and cultural exchange between the
youth of Mongolia and Australia will strengthen, and many young Mongolians will
make a significant contribution to the development of society, culture and
economy in Australia as well as in Mongolia.”
