Ulaanbaatar
Parallel session I of Ulaanbaatar Dialogue held
Politics
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ On June 6, a parallel session themed ‘Promoting Energy Cooperation
in Northeast Asia’ of the Sixth International Conference of the ‘Ulaanbaatar
Dialogue on Northeast Asian Security’ was organized by the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and European Union.
In the first
half of the session, participants exchanged views on regional countries’
prospects for strengthened Northeast Asian energy cooperation as well as recent
developments in neighboring countries’ energy relations. Stressing that it is technically
and economically feasible to connect the regional countries to an integrated
power system, they unanimously pointed out the need for coherence between
political support and coordination.
In the session’s second part, EU specialists and researchers gave presentation on Europe’s experience of building an integrated energy system.
Moreover, a draft joint declaration on implementation of the Mongolian President’s initiative aimed at setting up an integrated energy organization in Northeast Asia was discussed at Mongolian, South Korean, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese government officials’ level.
