PRESIDENT ADDRESSES NORTHEAST ASIAN MAYORS’ FORUM

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The leader of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj delivered a speech at the opening of the Northeast Asian Mayors’ Forum which kicked off Monday in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ulaanbaatar. The forum has brought together delegates of Russia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea besides of Mongolia. Starting his speech, the President underlined an importance of the Mayors’ Forum and wished the gathered successes. "Recent years, it is said that the development of world countries has been determined by their city mayors, and the Mayors are the kind of leaders who bear the people’s trust," he said. Our cities have both good jobs and problems, "so I hope that this forum will seek opportunities to tackle them," Mr Elbegdorj said. After this he highlighted his ideas on cities. "The most vital matter is to develop a city for its people, which means all special structures that always serve the people's needs. If we do our urban planning in this way, the urban development tendencies will go correctly," Mr Elbegdorj said. He also noted a unique feature of the Forum--"it has been running here prior to visits of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin". Here he expressed a hope that agreements reached at this forum will be touched upon during these visits. The Northeast Asian Mayors' Forum will continue until Tuesday.