Ulaanbaatar
President Kh.Battulga holds meeting with German Chancellor
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On the sidelines of the 12th Asia-Europe
Meeting (ASEM) summit, President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga held his
first bilateral meeting with Angela Merkel, Chancellor the Federal Republic of
Germany on October 18th.
At the outset, President Battulga and Chancellor Angela Merkel
expressed mutual appreciation toward the opportunity to meet in person
and discuss bilateral ties and Asia-Europe issues.
President Battulga stressed the importance of tangible and
mutually beneficial development of bilateral cooperation, while mentioning that
the works that were discussed and planned during the Chancellor’s 2001 visit to
Mongolia are now stagnant. President Battulga notified that there is a lack of
official in charge on these works due to reasons, including appointment to a
different post, despite of the fact that officials were appointed from the
German side following the signing of an intergovernmental agreement on
cooperating in spheres of raw materials and technology and the establishment of
a joint economic committee during the Chancellor’s visit.
President Battulga spoke about Mongolia’s opportunity to enter
the enormous market of neighboring China by using German technology to process
materials of animal origin, saying that it was possible to work with young
Mongolian businessmen in this regard. Furthermore, President Battulga
emphasized the possibility of developing concrete bilateral cooperation in
establishing a new city and manufacturing products using nano and bio
processing technologies on raw materials of animal origin, as well as in the
mining sector. Before introducing the project, the President noted that the
establishment of a new eco-city is one of the most important steps towards
resolving a challenge Ulaanbaatar faces.
While mentioning about Mongolia’s successful hosting of the 11th
ASEM summit, Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the planned works will be taken
charge of. The Chancellor paid close attention to the President’s proposal on
establishing an eco-city and decided to send Gunther Adler, State Secretary at
the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, on a visit to
Mongolia. Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her support for the project which
aims to build a satellite eco-city near Ulaanbaatar based on designs of German
architects and specialists.
The sides engaged in an elaborate discussion about developing
tangible bilateral economic cooperation and collaborating in the areas of
scientific research and technology.
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