Foreign Minister meets SDC Director-General

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In frames of a working visit to Switzerland on Thursday, the Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Purevsuren received Mr Manuel Sager, the director-general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The Minister said a developmental assistance of Switzerland to Mongolia is fully accorded with governmental goals to ensure the sustainable development, "our government and people are thankful to Switzerland for realizing programmes on decentralization, developing good-governance, ensuring agricultural and food safeties and improving vocational training system in localities". Mongolia has concrete necessities to continue receiving developmental aid from Switzerland, he said adding that Mongolia aspires to introduce Swiss technologies and to attract investments after designing ways of sustainable and fruitful long-term collaboration with Switzerland in agriculture, food industry and tourism. Mr Sager expressed a satisfaction with successful implementation of developmental projects and programmes on agriculture, food safety, good governance and vocational training. He said his country is ready to share with Mongolia its experience.