MONGOLIA-FINLAND BUSINESS FORUM RUNS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ A Mongolia-Finland business forum was held on Wednesday, August 31 in Kempinski hotel, UB in frames of the state visit of the President of the Republic of Finland to Mongolia. Opening speech has been given by T.Gandi, the Minister of Social Welfare and Labor and head of the Mongolian side of the Mongolia-Finland intergovernmental commission. The Minister T.Gandi underlined that the Republic of Finland is one of the partners of Mongolia at trade sector. In this year, Mongolia imported products of USD 12.9 million from Finland, and exported products costing USD 24.7 million. The trade turnover reached USD 13 million by end of 2010, reflecting an increase by 3.5 times against 2009. T.Gandi highlighted the bilateral business collaboration is approaching a proper condition to widen in times of increasing of Mongolian economic growth and intensifying of sectors in mining and other spheres. She believed that Finnish businessmen would interest in business sector of Mongolia and would develop mutually-beneficial business activities.

B.Khuder