Ulaanbaatar
Possibility to establish dry port discussed
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Foreign Affairs Minister D.Tsogtbaatar met representatives of the Federation of Mongolian Freight Forwarders on January 31.
At the meeting, they exchanged views on possibilities to establish dry port and its significance. Mongolia joined the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) in 2016 and it provided legal environment to establish international dry port and now it is important to take actions to realize, noted the federation representatives.
Establishment of an international dry port gives advantages to transport freight that carried via shipping to Mongolia free of charge, light-handed and at low cost and to tackle issues in transportion and logistics which play important role in export and import of Mongolia.
The representatives asked the Foreign Minister to render support on establishing related agreements with neighboring countries regartding to establishment of dry port. In turn, Minister D.Tsogtbaatar accepted the request and expressed to back operations of freight forwarders.
Present the meeting were authorities of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Road and Transport Development.
At the meeting, they exchanged views on possibilities to establish dry port and its significance. Mongolia joined the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) in 2016 and it provided legal environment to establish international dry port and now it is important to take actions to realize, noted the federation representatives.
Establishment of an international dry port gives advantages to transport freight that carried via shipping to Mongolia free of charge, light-handed and at low cost and to tackle issues in transportion and logistics which play important role in export and import of Mongolia.
The representatives asked the Foreign Minister to render support on establishing related agreements with neighboring countries regartding to establishment of dry port. In turn, Minister D.Tsogtbaatar accepted the request and expressed to back operations of freight forwarders.
Present the meeting were authorities of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Road and Transport Development.
B.Batchimeg
