Ulaanbaatar
This year marks 25th anniversary of first KAL flight to Mongolia
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On October 24, Speaker of Mongolian Parliament M.Enkhbold received the director of Korean Airlines Co Ltd., Chi Chang Hun. Mongolia attaches a great importance to the relations with South Korea, with whom Mongolia has the broadest interactions in commerce, investment and public diplomacy within the region, underlined the Speaker.
He highlighted that the comprehensive partnership with our “third neighbor” has been reaching out all spheres, as well as remarkable progress is seen in the high-level visits and people-to-people contacts.
Mr Chi accented that this year is marking the 25th anniversary of the debut KAL flight to Mongolia. Mentioning the Mongolian side and South Korea’s Hanjin Group has been maintaining close partnership for many years, he applauded the sides are succeeding in forwarding cooperation through KAL-MIAT joint flights and organizing training for the Mongolian engineers and aerodrome workers.
While highlighting an important role of airports' operation in the development of aviation, Mr Chi congratulated on a New Ulaanbaatar International Airport to be commissioned shortly. “I am in favor of a plan the Minister of Road and Transport Development of Mongolia informed of during our meeting, about re-costructing the old airport into a training center for pilots and airline workers”, said the director of KAL.
At the end of the meeting, Speaker M.Enkhbold wished to forward the long-standing traditional collaboration in more effective way, and pledged all means of support on the part of the Mongolian Parliament in promoting and protecting foreign investments.
