L.BOLD PARTICIPATES IN FOREIGN MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRUSSELS

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Mr L.Bold took part in a Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers with non-NATO ISAF Contributing Nations held on December 4-5 in the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Mr Bold addressed the meeting, appreciating achievements of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). He highlighted his country’s contribution to the international community since 2003, participation of Mongolia in the ISAF before and after 2014, and assistance to be rendered to the ISAF from the next year. Mongolia began to participate in the ISAF in 2003 by sending its mobile training teams, and expanded its participation in 2008, sending helicopter instructors and repair experts, and guard people. For the time being, 350 troops are serving in the ISAF. Within the action, Mr Bold held also meeting with Mr Guido Westerwelle, the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, and with Mr Ahmet Davutoglu, the Foreign Minister of Turkey. The sides exchanged views on the bilateral relations and cooperation, middle- and short-term plans, measures to be realized in 2014, Mongolia’s contribution to the ISAF, and on further participation in it. Moreover, Mr Bold shared views on the cooperation issues with Ms Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union; Mr Elmar Mammadyarov, his counterpart from Azerbaijan; and B.Brende, the FM of Norway.