DEPUTY PM MEETS RUSSIAN DELEGATION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Deputy Prime Minister and head of the State Emergency Commission D.Terbishdagva Friday received a delegation led by Lieutenant-General E.N.Chizhikov, a chief expert of military affairs of the Russian Ministry of Emergency. The delegation is taking part here in a Mongolia-Russia joint meeting on abolishing aftermath of industrial accidents and natural disasters. Intergovernmental agreement on protection of forests from fires was signed during the visit of the Russian President Putin this year, and a number of such fires is decreasing year by year, "but it would be of importance to erect new checkpoints near borders because the two countries’ people will travel to each other without visas very soon, we must tighten control," he stressed. He also asked the Russian side to train our servicemen and officers in the Firefighting Academy at the Russian Emergency Ministry and to collaborate in prevention of industrial accidents. Mr Chizhikov thanked the Deputy Premier for the audience and said the Russian side has decided to train six Mongolians on basis of its scholarships.