In 2014, landlocked developing countries adopted the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked DevelopingCountries for the Decade 2014-2024.
Such countries usually export very few kinds of products mostly mineral raw materials due to an infrastructure development of land only. They make up only 2 or 3 per cent of total export worldwide, so the Vienna programme reflects goals for a facilitation of international trade, broadening regional cooperation, boosting transit transportation and infrastructure. Representatives of landlocked nations gathered at a workshop on mainstreaming the 2014-2024 Vienna Program of Action which began Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss own ways of realizing the programme.
Mongolia will organize its parliamentary election this July and will form a new cabinet, so reflecting clauses of the action programme in election programmes could immensely contribute to boosting the socio-economic development, the participants said.
Besides it, international organizations believe that Mongolia’s establishment of international contracts on socio-economic development and implementation of infrastructure projects as well as active participation in its region will contribute to a realization of the Vienna programme of action.