Mongolia expresses interest in having Asia-Europe trade pass through its territory

Economy
munkhzul@montsame.gov.mn
2022-02-24 16:44:10

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On February 22, Minister of Road and Transport Development L.Khaltar participated in the 84th plenary session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's (UNECE) Inland Transport Committee, which was organized on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.

 

During the ministerial meeting, Minister L.Khaltar expressed Mongolia’s interests in having the flow of transportation between Asia and Europe pass through the territory of Mongolia, and becoming more active in regional and international transportation networks.


 

Noting that the Government of Mongolia acknowledges the crucial importance of developing multilateral transport networks, and improving transport connectivity to increase trade, he informed that the government is implementing a mid- and long-term development policy in order to accelerate the construction of infrastructure. In its framework, the Minister also mentioned some large-scale projects currently being implemented in the road and transport sector. 

 

 

He then continued to say that it has become necessary to facilitate border inspections by enhancing cooperation between border checkpoints, and called for countries to accelerate the progress of establishing transport agreements and pay special attention to eliminating the current challenges being faced in conducting international transport.