Mongolia-S.Korea consultative meeting held

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The eighth consultative meeting between heads of Mongolia and S.Korea Foreign Ministries' Consular departments ran in Seoul May 28. The meeting was chaired by Department director Mr Sh.Sukhbaatar and by the S.Korean Ministry Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs Ambassador Mr Lee Jeong-gwan. The gathered shared views on several issues including legal rights protection of Mongolians residing in S.Korea; implementation of treaties and conventions established between the two countries on consular affairs; condition easing for reciprocal travels, and searching for Mongolians who have gone missing in S.Korea. The sides also reached agreements on reducing deposit money and number of documents requested ahead of the visa issuance, as well as on making shorter the visa issuance period. At the meeting, the Mongolian side included public officers also from the Immigration Agency, Border Protection Authority, the Police, Social Insurance Authority, Employment Center, and management team from the Consular Department of the Embassy of Mongolia in Seoul.