Ulaanbaatar
Speaker meets Ambassador of Canada
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Speaker of the State Great Khural
(Parliament) G.Zandanshatar on October 30 met with Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Canada to Mongolia Catherine Ivkoff to exchange views on
enhancing trade and economic cooperation, ensuring gender equality, and other
current issues.
At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Catherine
Ivkoff said COVID-19 efforts of the Government of Mongolia and relevant bodies
have been effective and that Canada has been implementing projects and programs
in Mongolia to support the country in achieving citizen-centered service
delivery, managing its mineral revenues, ensuring economic empowerment of
women, and fighting gender-based violence.
Emphasizing that the two countries cooperate through shared
values of democracy, human rights, and rule of law, Speaker G.Zandanshatar expressed
his pleasure that Canada has always been supporting and cooperating with Mongolia
by making investments and implementing development projects and programs.
The Speaker informed that 40 laws are to be adopted as part of the legal reform following the constitutional amendments and that parliament’s activities are being digitized, in particular, with the launch of lawmaker.parliament.mn platform for lawmakers and lawforum.parliament.mn for citizens. He also noted that the Parliament is aiming to support foreign trade, attract investments, and improve the legal environment.
