Health Minister meets Ambassador of Kazakhstan

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Health and Sport G.Shiilegdamba Tuesday received Mr K.I.Koblandin, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Mongolia. The Minister noted that it is their first meeting since he had been appointed the Minister, and hoped that the Ambassador will offer specific proposals to cooperation in health and sport fields. In response, Mr Koblandin expressed a willingness to cooperate with Mongolia in many directions within the health sector. He added that specific works will be done in the health in accordance with decisions made at the Mongolia-Kazakhstan intergovernmental commission meeting last year. Their embassy is organizing a work to involve medical doctors of the two countries in experience sharing training, he said. Although our countries have established 45 cooperation documents, there is no agreement on collaborating in the health sphere, so "we want to formulate a document," Mr Koblandin added. Mentioning that Kazakhstan decided to compete in a bid for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympic Games and is planning to host the 2017 Winter Universiade, Mr Koblandin asked the Mongolian side to take part in these events. The Minister received the health sector collaboration proposal and said Mongolia will focus on widening the traditional cooperation in sports.