Mongolia will cooperate with Finland

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Concurrent Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Finland Z.Altai met with officials of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of this country on March 27. The Ambassador thanked the Government of Finland for implementing investment projects in geology and forestry of Mongolia in 2009-2011 and 2012-2014 and spoke about a 491 thousand EUR-funded joint project realized by the Government Implementing agency “Forest Authority”, a forest research department of National University of Mongolia and the Finland's forest research institute to improve forest researches capacity here. He also proposed cooperating in developing forestry and fishery and reindeer farms in Mongolia and in introducing the latest hi tech to our mining industry, and asked Finland to support our education sector, for example, in reforming elementary school program, running teacher trainings and seminars. In response, Mr Jaakko Laajava, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy of the Ministry, Mr Sami Leino, the deputy director of East Asia team under department for Americas and Asia, and Ms Jaana Palojarvi, a director for international relations department of the Ministry of Education and Culture, said they are ready to cooperate in all above spheres.