Ulaanbaatar
President meets European Commission’s President
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. On the sidelines of his participation
in the General Debate of the 77th Session of General Assembly, President
U.Khurelsukh met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der
Leyen.
At the meeting, President U.Khurelsukh said that expanding
relations and cooperation with the European Union and its member states- ‘third
neighbor’ of Mongolia, is one of the priorities of foreign policy.
He mentioned the EU’s consistent support to Mongolia’s democracy
and social transition, while underscoring its support and assistance in the
past and during the pandemic.
He said that Mongolia is interested in expanding and developing
cooperation in all aspects to reduce the impact of environmental degradation,
desertification and climate change, and expressed gratitude for inviting
Mongolia to be in the EU’s ‘Forest Partnership’ program.
For her part, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen emphasized the broad
possibility to intensify bilateral economic cooperation and to cooperate in the
fields of energy and green development in the future.
In particular, she expressed support to the national
movement ‘One Billion Trees’ initiated by the Mongolian president. Therefore, she
expressed readiness to cooperate within the framework of the ‘Forest
Partnership’ program, a part of the EU’s green initiatives which aim to develop
forest protection and restoration, forest use and sustainable forest management
in an economically beneficial way. Mongolia will become the first country in
Asia to participate in the ‘Forest Partnership’ program.
