President receives CEO of Natural Resource Governance Institute

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The leader of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj Thursday received Mr Daniel Kaufmann, the president and CEO of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), The latter, who is taking part in the 2016 Mongolian Economic Forum (MEF) in Ulaanbaatar as the guest of honor, said he knows about Mongolia and its President and underlined an importance of an implementation of the rule of law and of the anticorruption actions. The President supported these views,"such actions are main the factors of forming a good governance and properly developing countries", and noted Mongolia is intensively fighting with the corruption. “Mongolia is one of the ten wealthiest countries in the world with natural resources. But if the country is not able to exploit these resources in a proper circulation or does suffers from a poor governance and corruption, the wealth will badly affect a development,” Elbegdorj said. “Mongolia is an open country that cherishes human rights and freedom. It also has media freedom, and social media is openly developed. It is a good aspect of accelerating the governance development and combating corruption. We are sharing our experience with Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, East Timor and Vietnam,” he said. Mr Kaufmann said he appreciates Mongolia’s transparency in budget expenditures and the fight against corruption.