Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia and Australia Enter into Negotiations on Social Security Agreement
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, November 29, 2024 /MONTSAME/. The first meeting to launch negotiations on a social security agreement between Mongolia and the Commonwealth of Australia was held online.
Representatives from the Australian Government Department
of Social Services, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, the Ministry
of Family, Labor
and Social Protection of Mongolia, and
the Australian Embassy in Mongolia participated in the meeting and shared
information on the social security systems of the two countries and exchanged
views on holding the first round of negotiations in next January and
developing a draft agreement.
The Government concludes social security agreements with countries, where a large number of its citizens are residing, to ensure the social security rights for citizens living and working abroad. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, as of 2023, about 16.6 thousand Mongolian citizens are residing in Australia, of which about 10 thousand are employed.
Mongolia has concluded social security agreements with the
Russian Federation, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Turkiye, and the Czech Republic. The
Ministry of Family, Labor, and
Social Protection reported that negotiations are underway to
renew social security agreements with the Russian Federation and the Republic
of Korea and to establish new agreements with the Republic of Kazakhstan and
the Republic of Austria.
