PM receives UN Assistant Secretary-General

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On February 22, Prime Minister of Mongolia J.Erdenebat and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ts.Munkh-Orgil met with Haoliang Xu, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific who is on a visit to Mongolia on February 21-25. Prime Minister J.Erdenebat conveyed his gratitude to UNDP for its consistent support for Mongolia in social and economic challenges, highlighted the valuable contribution of the organization in formulating Mongolia’s Sustainable Development Vision – 2030, noting that many objectives included in the vision are reflected in the Cabinet 2016-2020 action plan. He also emphasized on how the Cabinet action plan coheres with the 2017-2021 programs of UNDP. Mr. Haoliang Xu remarked upon the advancement of UNDP’s cooperation with Mongolia in the last 10 years, expressing his confidence that Mongolia will maintain its sustainable development vision. During the meeting with Foreign Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil, sides exchanged views on the implementation of Sustainable Development Vision - 2030, reduction of Ulaanbaatar air pollution, intensification of the functions of International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries and further cooperation on urban planning.