PM receives UN official
Prime Minister S.Batbold received Hiroyuki Konuma, a high-ranking official with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on Monday to discuss mutual relations and cooperation. Hiroyuki Konum is FAO’s assistant director-general and the organization’s regional representative for Asia and the Pacific.
Hiroyuki Konuma noted that Mongolia can now supply its domestic flour and potato needs as the result of a land reform campaign, which is a critical indicator.
S.Batbold outlined FAO projects in Mongolia to develop the food and agriculture sectors, to fight animal disease, to improve the vegetable supply, and to improve monitoring in meat processing factories. He thanked Hiroyuki Konuma for sending a message to a food safety forum, and said the Government pays attention to food supply and safety issues.
S.Batbold suggested opening a FAO representative office in Mongolia because the two sides are widening bilateral cooperation. He also said that Mongolia wants to cooperate with FAO to become a net food exporter in Asia and the Pacific, instead of accepting food aid. S.Batbold also requested technical help for the national programs “Food Safety Guarantee” and “Mongol Livestock,” and to organize a FAO conference in Ulaanbaatar in 2014.
Hiroyuki Konum supported the conference suggestion and congratulated S.Batbold on the success of agriculture in Mongolia, noting that the country can now export 100,000 tons of wheat. He said that FAO is ready to help the agriculture sector. Hiroyuki Konum said FAO is planning a program called “Support of Livestock Based Complex” with USD 1.5 million as part of a larger, USD 12.5 million world food safety program.
Hiroyuki Konuma noted that Mongolia can now supply its domestic flour and potato needs as the result of a land reform campaign, which is a critical indicator.
S.Batbold outlined FAO projects in Mongolia to develop the food and agriculture sectors, to fight animal disease, to improve the vegetable supply, and to improve monitoring in meat processing factories. He thanked Hiroyuki Konuma for sending a message to a food safety forum, and said the Government pays attention to food supply and safety issues.
S.Batbold suggested opening a FAO representative office in Mongolia because the two sides are widening bilateral cooperation. He also said that Mongolia wants to cooperate with FAO to become a net food exporter in Asia and the Pacific, instead of accepting food aid. S.Batbold also requested technical help for the national programs “Food Safety Guarantee” and “Mongol Livestock,” and to organize a FAO conference in Ulaanbaatar in 2014.
Hiroyuki Konum supported the conference suggestion and congratulated S.Batbold on the success of agriculture in Mongolia, noting that the country can now export 100,000 tons of wheat. He said that FAO is ready to help the agriculture sector. Hiroyuki Konum said FAO is planning a program called “Support of Livestock Based Complex” with USD 1.5 million as part of a larger, USD 12.5 million world food safety program.
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