Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia and Turkey to cooperate in social welfare
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ While in Turkey with the working visit, the Mongolian Minister of Population Development and Social Welfare S.Erdene Tuesday met with Mr Suleyman Soylu, Turkey’s Minister of Labor and Social Security.
After this, the Ministers ran expanded talks with a participation of the delegates from the two sides. Mr Soylu spoke about reforms his country has made in its social welfare sector, and said they are ready to share its experiences with Mongolia.
Mr Erdene proposed establishing a cooperation contract between the two Ministries "because our bilateral ties are expanding and peoples' mutual visits are increasing", and formulating the contract’s draft in near future after holding a meeting of a working group.
He thanked his Turkish colleague for giving him an opportunity to witness big achievements Turkey gained in the social welfare system, and expressed condolences over deaths of many people due to a terrorist attack in Ankara.
The Turkish Minister supported the proposal and expressed a willingness to exchange the two Ministries' experts and know-how and to realize methods of the cooperation.
Present at the meeting were Mr B.Batkhishig, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Turkey, and others.
