Ulaanbaatar
Parliament Speaker meets Nobel Laureate Dr. Ryoji Noyori
Politics
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. On August 29, Speaker of the
Mongolian Parliament G.Zandanshatar received Nobel Laureate Dr. Ryoji Noyori, University Professor at
Nagoya University, who is visiting the country at the invitation of the
National University of Mongolia (NUM).
At the meeting, Speaker G.Zandanshatar emphasized, “This
visit is significant to give to Mongolian youth right perception and attitude
on creating scientific and research-based development,” while thanking the
Nagoyo University to have close collaboration with Mongolia’s universities and
research institutions.
Moreover, Mr. Zandanshatar highlighted successful ongoing programs
at Mongolian universities including the program of Research and Educational
Center for Japanese Law at Law School of the NUM.
Mongolian government considers that the country’s gateway to
development and prosperity must be based on researches and has set goals to
have research universities.
Praising the NUM’s partnering with Nagoya University on
building research-based structure, the Speaker underlined an importance of the
contribution of Japan, in particular Nagoyo University, to intensify academic
exchange and students’ exchanges and form research universities.
Vice President of the Nagoya University Naoshi Sugiyama said
that the University plans to cooperate with Mongolian universities and
institutes in more fields and introduced that the visit of Dr. Ryoji Noyori
includes events including giving consultation to young researchers, lecturing
and exchanging views on further cooperation between two universities.
Dr. Ryoji Noyori said that Japanese are so close to Mongolia
and expressed his readiness to jointly develop scientific and technological
training and research, share his experience and knowledge with Mongolians to
contribute to Mongolia’s development, scientific and technological advancement
and its goal to achieve its universities to the world level.
