Deputy FM extends thanks to Red Cross and Red Crescent societies

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has provided humanitarian assistance of MNT 1.6 billion (approximately USD 704 thousand) to some 25 thousand people from 5,400 livestock herding families in 2016. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms B.Battsetseg extended gratitude for the above aid and overall humanitarian assistance the IFRC has provided to Mongolia for the past years, during her meeting with the visiting IFRC Secretary General Elhadj As Sy on September 27. The sides considered continuation of the technical assistance by IFRC to Mongolian Red Cross Society on capacity building and disaster prevention.