Ulaanbaatar
Bilateral transport cooperation discussed with Latvia
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ According to a report, Mongolia has established Intergovernmental Agreement on International road transport with nine countries, namely, Russia, China, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, North Korea and Kyrgyzstan and transports 33 million tons of freight and about 190 thousand passengers a year.
On June 13, officials of Road Transport Policy Implementation and Coordination Department of the Ministry of Road and Transport Development S.Batbold met with representatives of the Ministry of Transport of Latvia headed by Deputy Director of Road Transport department Annija Novikova and exchanged views on increasing the volume of freight and passenger transport between the two countries.
On June 13, officials of Road Transport Policy Implementation and Coordination Department of the Ministry of Road and Transport Development S.Batbold met with representatives of the Ministry of Transport of Latvia headed by Deputy Director of Road Transport department Annija Novikova and exchanged views on increasing the volume of freight and passenger transport between the two countries.
At the meeting, Mongolian side expressed willingness to study Latvia’s experience in coordination of transit transportation and train Professionals in the country.
Trade between Mongolia and Latvia amounted to USD 1,619 thousand in 2016. Mongolia exported products such as knitwear, equipment and bed covers worth USD 32,8 thousand and imported canned products, frozen vegetables, medicines, nitrogen fertilizers and mobile communication devices worth USD 1,586 .
"The current transport volume between Mongolia and Latvia is low, but Mongolia is holding talks with Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary to establish Intergovernmental Agreements on International Road Transport. Establishment of such agreements will definitely increase the volume of transport between Mongolia and the countries" said Mr. S.Batbold, Head of Road Transport Policy Implementation and Coordination Department of the Ministry of Road and Transport Development.
He then informed that the Mongolia's road transport sector deals with about 58 per cent of the country's total freight transport and 98 per cent of passenger transport. Transport of mining products including coal, oil, iron ore, copper and zinc concentrate makes up over 90 percent of Mongolia's international road freight transport.
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