Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh who is on the official visit to China at the invitation of Premier of the State Council Li Keqiang attended the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia 2018 Annual Conference and delivered a speech.
In his speech, the PM said that Mongolia is one of initiators of this forum, which is committed to promoting regional economic integration and bringing Asian countries even closer to their development goals. Mentioning that Mongolia has been attending the forum many times in state and government level, the PM underlined that the Boao Forum is important platform to expand regional trade and economic cooperation and seek possibilities to resolve pressing issues together.
Synch: U.Khurelsukh, Prime Minister of Mongolia
“China’s initiative ‘The Belt and Road’ is possible to play a vital role to accelerate economic development and satisfy regional and global peace and stability by means of intensifying regional countries’ cooperation in infrastructure, trade, investment and finance and citizen exchanges. For this reason, Mongolia supports this initiative from the beginning and implements its own initiative ‘Development Road’ in harmonization with ‘The Belt and Road’.
In addition, the PM affirmed Mongolia’s policy to actively take part in regional political and economic multilateral cooperation and expressed its support for Asian countries to develop more open and inclusive trade and economic cooperation. Highlighting Mongolia’s reviving economy and improving investment and business environment, the Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh pointed out that the government aims at developing agriculture, food, light industry and tourism to diversify the economy.