First meeting of working group on establishing Mongolia-S.Korea economic partnership coincides with SOMTI6 in Seoul

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Sixth Meeting of Senior Officials on Trade and Investment took place in Seoul on December 1 and 2. Mongolia, China and South Korea co-chaired the meeting. This meeting is being resumed for the first time since 2008 session, and was participated by delegates from 46 countries. The participants underlined the significance of Ulaanbaatar Declaration issued during the latest ASEM Summit in expanding economic and commercial ties and strengthening connectivity between Asian and European nations, and agreed to organize the ASEM Ministerial meeting, which has been discontinued for a decade, in Seoul next year. During the SOMTI, Mongolian delegates had meetings with the director for Free Trade Agreements of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy, and representatives of the S.Korean government and research institutes. The sides held the first meeting of the joint working group in charge of study for establishing economic partnership agreement.