VICE FM MEETS SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs D.Gankhuyag Wednesday received a visiting delegation led by Mr Godfrey Oliphant, the South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources. Mr Gankhuyag emphasized South Africa is a main partner of Mongolia in Africa and serves as the bridge of relations with African states. He expressed a satisfaction with activating of the bilateral cooperation in the mining field and with realization of works that are agreed during a visit of the South African Deputy President to Mongolia in November, 2013. In turn, Mr Oliphant said that the South African “Sasol” company is ready to collaborate and share experience with Mongolia in the mining sector, particularly, producing liquid fuel from coal. In a scope of the visit here, the South African delegation plans to meet with authorities of some ministries and state-owned companies in order to discuss specific directions of the cooperation.