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Minister Ch.Ulaan attends 42nd session of IFAD Governing Council
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A delegation headed by Minister of Food,
Agriculture, and Light Industry Ch.Ulaan took part in the 42nd session of the
Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
in Rome, Italy on February 14-15.
During the session, Minister Ch.Ulaan met with Daniel
Gustafson, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO) and Cornelia Richter, Vice President of IFAD and
exchanged views on bilateral cooperation. At the meeting, he highlighted that the
assistance of IFAD and FAO including the projects and programs for agriculture
and animal husbandry sectors of Mongolia since the country’s transformation to
market economy were of great significance, and agreed to cooperate in carrying
out projects on development of intensive animal farming and improvement of
animal health in Mongolia. The sides then confirmed their readiness to lend full
support to the successful completion of the Market and Pasture Management Development
Project, being implemented by IFAD in 2018-2021.
In Rome, the Minister, as Head of the Mongolian part of the Mongolia-Italy intergovernmental commission held a meeting with Michele Geraci, Head
of Italian part of the commission and Undersecretary of State of the Italian
Ministry of Economic Development, and discussed expansion of trade and economic
cooperation between the two countries. At this meeting, both sides agreed to
pay special attention to accomplishment of the objectives of intensifying
partnerships between business people of the two countries and producing
value-added final products with raw materials of Mongolia and advanced technologies
of Italy. It was decided to hold the third meeting of the Mongolia-Italy intergovernmental commission within the first half of 2019 in Rome.
Moreover, Minister Ch.Ulaan held meetings with Catherine
Geslain-Lanéelle, candidate of France and the European Union for the position
of FAO Director-General and Levan Davitashvili, Georgia’s candidate for the position.
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