Ulaanbaatar
Japan requested to support establishment of disposal-and-recycling facility
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Road and Transport
Development B.Enkh-Amgalan met with Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia Kobayashi Hiroyuki.
Minister B.Enkh-Amgalan noted that Japan accounts for around
80 percent of car imports of Mongolia and requested the Ambassador to support the
establishment of a disposal-and-recycling facility for the environmentally
harmful batteries of electric and hybrid cars, which make up most of the imported cars from Japan, as well as the capacity building of road and transport officials
of Mongolia and training of Mongolian engineering and technical professionals
in Japan.
Pointing out that the expanding import of cars with
a damage history from Japan have been threatening Mongolian citizens’ lives and
health and affecting the country’s economy, the Transport Minister emphasized
the importance of providing citizens with vehicle history reports about cars
imported from Japan free of charge.
Ambassador Kobayashi Hiroyuki undertook to pay attention and inform the Japanese Government of the issues raised by the Transport
Minister and take actions step by step.
The sides then exchanged views on opening of the new airport
in Khushig Valley by the scheduled date.
