AMBASSADOR AT 2014 KIEP AND ASSOCIATIONS OF AREA STUDIES CONFERENCE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of South Korea Mr B.Ganbold has participated in the KIEP and Associations of Area Studies Conference, which ran November 25 in Seoul of South Korea. He gave a report on the economic integration proposals and initiatives on Eurasia made by the regional countries, opportunities for Mongolia to join them, and the governmental policy and measures. He underlined that the "Silk Road" initiatives of China and South Korea and the Russian "Eurasia’s Union" initiative are similar in terms of emphasizing a need to develop a transport infrastructure. Mr Ganbold also noted that specific measures are being taken for constructing new tracks of railways through territories with minerals, for improving conditions for transit transportation and linking mineral-rich regions of Mongolia, and then emphasized an importance of these measures in boosting the regional energy, trade, especially infrastructure. The S.Korean Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) is a think-tank under the affiliation of the South Korea's government. This institute has decided to host the annual conference on regions and international studies, this year’s conference discussed some 50 reports.