Ulaanbaatar
Agricultural Minister meets with Japanese Ambassador
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On February 3, P.Sergelen, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry received Masato Takaoka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia.
After congratulating Masato Takaoka for his appointment as a Japanese Ambassador to Mongolia, P.Sergelen gave information on the present situation of the agricultural sector of Mongolia and development goals in the future. Then, he briefed about the history of agricultural cooperation between Mongolia and Japan and requested support from the Ambassador in favor of intensifying the bilateral agricultural collaboration in the future.
Afterwards, the two sides praised the intensifying cooperation of the Mongolian Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and Hokkaido and Shizuoka prefectures of Japan within the framework of the memorandum of mutual understanding on food and agricultural sectors' cooperation.
Minister P.Sergelen and Ambassador Masato Takaoka agreed to develop partnership in the fields of diversifying the Mongolian economy relied on its mining industry, in particular, boosting animal husbandry activities - the main economic industry of the country and ensuring safety of food and animal products.
The Minister of Agriculture mentioned that a Japanese-proposed “Mandakh’ program within the framework of the midterm program for developing strategic partnership in 2017-2021 between Mongolia and Japan chiefly focused on the agricultural cooperation. He also expressed his willingness to carry-out projects and programs in areas of food and agriculture in the scope of the midterm program and the Economic Partnership Agreement and asked for the new Ambassador's request on those actions.
In conclusion, he highlighted that “In the future, Mongolia is interested in working together with Japan on cooperation in directions of training workers of food, agriculture, light industry and veterinary medicine fields”.
