FM MEETS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AUSTRALIA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On Tuesday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold met with Mr John Langtry, the Assistant Secretary of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The sides shared views on Australia’s governmental scholarships for foreign students, visas for workers, opportunity to open Australian Embassy in Mongolia. Our country opened its Embassy in Canberra in 2008. Mongolia’s current Ambassador Mr R.Bold presented his diplomatic credentials to the Governor-General of Australia on June 27 of 2012. In 2012, Australia opened its Consulate-General in Ulaanbaatar to serve Australian business community in Mongolia. Australia covers Mongolia from Seoul and its current Ambassador to Mongolia (resident in Seoul), Mr Sam Gerovich presented the credentials to Mongolian President on August 17 of 2009.