FM WELCOMES AUSTRIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY GENERAL

On Friday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Ts.Munkh-Orgil received the visiting Secretary General for Foreign Affairs of Austria, Mr Michael Linhart. FM Ts.Munkh-Orgil wlecomed the current level of relations and cooperation between Mongolia and Austria, and highlighted the significance of increasing the frequency of high-rank visits and enriching bilateral ties with economic contents.

He also thanked the Government of Austria for providing EUR 40 million soft loan, in frameworks of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Financial Cooperation, and put forward a request to assist Mongolian students in obtaining visas in easier way and training Mongolian specialists of foreign relations and diplomacy in Austria.

Mongolia and Austria established diplomatic ties on July 1, 1963. Austria was the second western country who recognized Mongolia’s independence.

Source:http://en.montsame.mn/politics/fm-welcomes-austrian-foreign-secretary-general