MONGOLIA AT IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A delegation headed by N.Tegshbayar, a chairman of the Atomic Energy Agency of Mongolia (AEA), has taken part in the 58th Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference, which ran September 22-26 in Vienna of Austria. Mr Tegshbayar met with Mr Michael Binder, the president of Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), on September 24 to sign a mutual understanding memorandum on a cooperation in nuclear waste and information exchange. Mr Tegshbayar also attended a general debate to express a position of Mongolia. He underlined a vital role of the IAEA in exploiting nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, in ensuring nuclear safety and in protection and strengthening of the international cooperation. He also said Mongolia wants to actively cooperate with the IAEA and its member-states in fortifying the national, regional and international potential and in improving the safety and protection regime. Another meeting was run with authorities of the IAEA Technical Cooperation Department, at which the sides discussed ongoing projects and programmes. Mr Tegshbayar granted the IAEA a draft Country Program Framework which will be co-implemented with the IAEA in 2015-2020.