Ulaanbaatar
Views exchanged on renovation project of Biocombinat
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On July 29, Minister
of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry Z.Mendsaikhan met with Hungarian Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó during his working visit to
Mongolia.
At the outset of the meeting, Minister
Z.Mendsaikhan expressed pleasure meeting with Minister Péter Szijjártó in
person, and sides exchanged views on Biocombinat renovation project, which
plays an important role in the cooperation between the two countries.
Minister Z.Mendsaikhan asked Minister Péter
Szijjártó to provide necessary support required to start the construction of
the project within August.
Moreover, Minister Z.Mendsaikhan proposed to
expand business cooperation and organize relevant meetings and seminars in
support of projects to be implemented in Mongolia with funding from the
Government of Hungary.
The implementation of renovation project of
Biocombinat is underway within the framework of the agreement on General
Programme of Financial Cooperation established between the Governments of
Mongolia and Hungary on January 25, 2016 in Ulaanbaatar. The project will
enable the domestic production of an average of 10.0 million doses of FMD
vaccine, 10-15 million doses of rabies vaccine and 20 million doses of smallpox
vaccine per year, which will not only improve animal health but also reduce
currency outflows.
