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Thu, 12/04/2014 - 11:50
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CHIEF OF PRESIDENT’S OFFICE RECEIVES OIE REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Head of the regional activities of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Dr Francois Caya met with the Chief of Staff of the President’s Office P.Tsagaan on December 4. They discussed a preparation for organization of the Ninth Conference of Ministers Responsible for Livestock which is to take place in Mongolia in 2015. The decision to organize here this meeting was included in the documented plan of actions to be implemented as a follow up of the visit of the OIE Director-General Dr Bernard Vallat to Mongolia in 2012. During his visit, Dr Vallat met with President and Prime Minister and touched upon matters on promoting the animal health sector, cooperation in the development of animal health standards, strengthening the food security, fighting/eliminating livestock infectious diseases, and supporting these matters by attracting international organizations and donor countries to Mongolia. Mr Tsagaan expressed a willingness to support the organization of the meeting and said Mongolia is interested in an export of its meat and meat products, in having considered its resource of over 60 million heads of livestock. "The heads of states of Russia and China expressed their interests to receive meat from Mongolia during their visits to Mongolia in August and September," he added. The sides also exchanged opinions on the potential support from OIE for improving Mongolia’s livestock health on export of Mongolian meat.

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