Ulaanbaatar
Minister of Foreign Affairs holds telephone conversation with her Chinese counterpart
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On April 4, Minister for Foreign
Affairs B.Battsetseg had a telephone conversation with China’s State Councilor
and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi to exchange views in detail on the
international situation, issues of mutual interest including bilateral relations
and cooperation, reopening of border checkpoints and increasing exports and
imports.
During the telephone conversation, Minister B.Battsetseg
touched upon certain issues such as increasing the exports and
imports through Mongolia-China border checkpoints, improving infection control
regimes, reopening border checkpoints in phases, resuming freight flow, promptly
delivering containers that have accumulated at the Tianjin Port to
Mongolia, and using other potential seaports within the frame of resolving the
matters.
Expressing he understands that border crossings’ operation
is a priority issue in Mongolia, Mr. Wang Yi noted
China attaches great importance to the policy for Revival of Border Ports set
out in the ‘New Revival Policy’ being implemented in
Mongolia. He also noted that the Chinese government is working to
ensure the normal operation of border crossings and increase imports, in
addition to works underway to resume operations of some border checkpoints that
were suspended due to the pandemic, and to intensify the construction work at
border checkpoints.
Specifically, construction works at Sekhee and Laoemyao
border checkpoints, which are expected to be commissioned in the near future,
are being carried out successfully. The Chinese side also said that Mongolia’s
further improvement of infection control regime at border ports would be a main
condition to conduct freight shipment undisturbed.
Foreign Ministers noted that ensuring the normal operations
of border checkpoints plays important role in bilateral trade and economic
cooperation, and expressed their commitment to work closely to enhance the
operation of border checkpoints.
