STANDING COMMITTEE HEAD WORKS IN MFA

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Newly elected head of the parliamentary Standing committee on security and foreign policy Ts.Oyunbaatar Friday visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet with its authorities. The Foreign Minister L.Bold introduced to the Standing committee goals the Ministry reflected in the 2012-2016 action programme of the government. He noted that last year, Mongolia’s foreign relations sector was fruitful in raising and propagandizing the country’s reputation, strengthening its position in the region, developing relations and cooperation with countries, protecting interests of Mongolians abroad, running legal reforms, and in improving the diplomatic services and activities. Mongolia is doing efforts to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the ASEAN Talks and to make efficient the Ulaanbaatar Talks, initiated by the Mongolian President, in order to fortify its position in Asia-Pacific and in sub-region of Northeast Asia, and to join the regional integration, he went on. He also said that it is vital to establish the Diplomatic Academy at the Foreign Ministry with aims to strengthen skills of human resources and to educate skilled diplomats in a systematic way. He emphasized an importance of the cabinet’s goals to protect legal interests of Mongolian citizens abroad, to make the consular service efficient and adequate, and to ease the inter-citizen traveling terms. In response, Mr Oyunbaatar highly spoke the works done by the Ministry and said his Standing committee will collaborate with the Ministry.