MINISTER S.OYUN VISITS CZECH REPUBLIC

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolia’s Minister of Environment and Green Development Ms S.Oyun paid a visit to the Czech Republic from March 30 to April 2 by invitation of her counterpart Mr Richard Brabec. Our Minister held meetings with Mr Jan Kriz, the Deputy Minister of Environment; Mr Robin Bohnisch, chairman of the Standing committee on environment of the Representative House, and members of this committee. The sides concluded a present situation of the Mongolia-Czech relations and cooperation, shared views on environment conservation, rehabilitation, green development issues, investments, energy, urban development, and touched upon ways of promoting outcome of developmental cooperation assistance. The parties agreed to involve Mongolians in a short-term training on forestry in frames of a collaboration in environmental sector. Ms Oyun also held a roundtable meeting with officials of those organizations implementing some projects within the Czech Developmental Cooperation Programme. They focused on ways of cooperating in the environmental sector. Then she attended a press conference on implementation of the project on acclimatizing back Takhi (Przewalski's horse) in Mongolian territories. The Minister also legged an administration center of transporting pipelines of oil, Forestry Academy, School of Natural Sciences at Charles University in Prague.