MINING MINISTER RECEIVES AMBASSADOR OF CANADA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Ts.Dashdorj, the Minister of Mining Heavy Industry, Thursay met Mr Ed Jager, the Ambassador of Canada to Mongolia. The latter will return home soon after completion of his mission here. The Ambassador expressed his satisfaction with the close cooperation with the Mongolian Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry within his duty. “I especially thank the Minister. Over the past years, our countries focused attention to augmenting investment for the mining industry. We held several intergovernmental roundtables and negotiations. I hope my successor will strengthen our cooperation,” Mr Jager said. The Minister underlined the bilateral relations have reached concrete achievements when Mr Jager served here as the Ambassador, adding that he collaborated with him for almost half of this period. “Investment interest to Mongolia considerably increased as results of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference. Furthermore, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry is paying attention to the investment issues of Canada as results of roundtables,” Mr Dashdorj said.