Consultation held between foreign ministries of Mongolia and Kuwait

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The second consultative meeting of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and the State of Kuwait took place in Kuwait on February 4. At the meeting co-chaired by D.Davaasuren, State Secretary at the Mongolian Foreign Ministry and Ali Suleiman Al Saeed, Assistant Foreign Minister for Asian Affairs at the Foreign Ministry of Kuwait, the sides thoroughly discussed the current state of bilateral relations and cooperation and exchanged views on the visits and events that are to take place between the two countries in the near future. The Mongolian side expressed its readiness to host the next meeting of the Mongolia-Kuwait Intergovernmental Commission. The two sides talked about the progress of the construction of National Burn Center of Mongolia and Undurkhaan airport renovation that are underway with funding from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and unanimously underlined that the countries have to start infrastructure and humanitarian projects crucial to the social and economic development of Mongolia. They noted the importance of increasing the opportunities for expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation, establishing direct cooperation between national chambers of commerce and industry, and deepening partnerships between private companies of the two countries. Also, Mongolia invited high-ranking officials of Kuwait and representatives of the country’s chamber of commerce and industry to the World Export Development Forum to be hosted by Mongolia in August 2020 under the auspices of the President of Mongolia. Moreover, the sides stressed that the intensification of bilateral cooperation in tourism, culture, and education require attention from both countries and agreed to finalize and sign document on cultural cooperation program and an agreement on tourism cooperation in the near future. Views were also exchanged on the possibilities of developing cooperation between the National University of Mongolia and Kuwait University, carrying out joint research projects, and giving Mongolian students scholarships to universities of Kuwait. The sides then discussed regional and international issues of common interest such as expansion of cooperation with the United Nations and other regional and international organizations, in particular, the Gulf Cooperation Council. On the same day, State Secretary D.Davaasuren met with Kuwait's Information Minister and State Minister for Youth H.E. Mohammad Abdullah Al-Jabri to discuss bilateral media cooperation. They talked about organizing Mongolian cultural days in Kuwait on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Kuwait which falls this year and the Kuwaiti side said the Ministry of Information will provide full support in successfully organizing the event. The sides emphasized that the journalist exchange program underway since 2018 has given a great opportunity to promote the two countries and agreed to continue it.