ROAD AND TRANSPORT MINISTER WELCOMES AMBASSADOR SHIMIZU

Minister of Road and Transport Development D.Ganbat received August 11 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia Takenori Shimizu. The Minister introduced the intended projects of his sector and expressed interest to expand cooperation with Japan.

The New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (NUBIA) project was an important step towards upgraded cooperation of Mongolia and Japan in economic and infrastructural sectors. The government is intending to make the NUBIA a compatible junction point in the region.

The minister made a request for Japan’s support for Mongolia’s involvement in the airfare relations in the region, for launching flights to Japan transferring through China.

The Mongolian side also asked Japanese to study the possibilities of financing the railway projects to connect Tavantolgoi with Sainshand, Sainshand with Khoot and Choibalsan, and the potential maritime collaboration, as a strong sea power.

Ambassador Shimizu accepted the above requests and said that Mongolia has a great opportunity of growth without exporting minerals, and rather, by attracting more foreign investment and adequate government policy coordinated with the investments.

Mongolia and JICA are fully capable of working closely on the technical issues, suggested the Ambassador. 

Source:http://en.montsame.mn/politics/road-and-transport-minister-welcomes-ambassador-shimizu