Ulaanbaatar
President meets Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/
President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga met Mukhisa Kituyi,
Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD), on October 23 in Geneva, Switzerland.
President
Battulga began the meeting with a remark on the main issues of concern at the
World Investment Forum, while stating that Mongolia also focuses on these
issues, including global warming, ecology, unemployment, and inequality in
resource distribution, but in a different context. President Battulga spoke
about his purpose of attending the Forum which is to draw attention to the
diversification of national economy as Mongolia is currently discussing its
2019 budget and promote the economic and business opportunities in Mongolia
among global investors.
Secretary-General
Mukhisa Kituyi briefly discussed the multilateral activities of the UNCTAD,
including in the areas of transport, investment, trade facilitation, and
sustainable economic development of landlocked developing countries.
President
Battulga expressed Mongolia’s interest in cooperating with the UNCTAD in
diversifying the economy and steering the cooperation among landlocked
developing countries.
Source:
president.mn
