AMBASSADOR PARTICIPATES IN SCO CONSULTATIVE MEETING

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mr O.Dambiinyam took part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Deputy Ministers Consultation Meeting on Regional security on January 21-22 in Moscow, Russia. The Ambassador expressed his country's position towards several issues, stressing that Mongolia’s government has been maintaining a policy on ensuring the security and economic and political stability in Asia. One of the evidences of this that the Mongolian troops have been taking part in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for supporting security of Afghanistan, he emphasized. Mr Dambiinyam also said Mongolia's President has put forward a proposal on running the Ulaanbaatar Talks on Northeast Asian matters, and urged the countries gathered to collaborate in realizing this mechanism. Speeches were also given by Mongolia's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia Sh.Altangerel, and by the deputy director of the Institute of Strategic Studies at the National Security Council (NSC) Ch.Chuluunbaatar.