Deputy PM participating in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
PoliticsUlaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ A Mongolian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister U.Enkhtuvshin is
taking part in the 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum,
being held in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 6-8 under the auspices of the President
of the Russian Federation.
Deputy PM U.Enkhtuvshin, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Tigran Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyễn Văn Bình addressed the forum taking place under the key topic of 'Creating a Sustainable Development Agenda', sharing their positions on international cooperation.
The Deputy
PM of Mongolia commended the forum for its advancement to a crucial platform for
addressing economic and investment issues challenging the world, regions, and
developing countries. To make the optimum use of its geographical location that
can connect two major states/two continents, Mongolia is working to implement
the Program on the Establishment of Mongolia-Russia-China Economic Corridor by
harmonizing its Development Road program with the EEC operation and China’s
Belt and Road Initiative, he informed.
During the
forum, Deputy PM U.Enkhtuvshin met with Aide to the Russian President Igor Levitin to discuss celebration
of the 80th anniversary of the Victory of Khalkh Gol Battles, participation of
Mongolian representatives in the Eastern Economic Forum to be held in
Vladivostok, Russia this September together with some issues of bilateral cooperation. He met also with
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, talking on the recent successful organization of the 22nd meeting of the Mongolia-Russia Intergovernmental
Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation and touching upon the further development of bilateral cooperation.