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UN highly appreciates Mongolia’s contribution to maintaining nuclear-free Korean peninsula
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly Prime Minister of Mongolia U.Khurelsukh met with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 27. The parties exchanged views on relations and cooperation between Mongolia and the UN.
Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh emphasized the importance of the Government's relation and cooperation with the UN and expressed his sincere gratitude for the UN's support for Mongolia's socio-economic and development goals.
Moreover, Prime Minister noted about participation of 16 thousand Mongolian military and police officers in the UN peacekeeping operations, the successful organization of the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in cooperation with the UNISDR and expressed his support for the UN Secretary-General’s reform program. He also reiterated Mr. Antonio Guterres’s invitation to Mongolia.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his high appreciation to the Government’s contribution for ensuring security in Northeast Asia, maintaining nuclear-free Korean peninsula and Mongolian military and police officers' performance of their duties in peacekeeping operations with high discipline and dignity. Mr. Antonio Guterres also pledged to fully support Mongolia within the UN.
