During the meeting, President Battulga mentioned that Mongolia had been a member of the World Trade Organization for more than 20 years since joining in 1997 and exchanged views with the Director-General on the development of the trade industry. President Battulga discussed the state of the global economy, the trade tensions between countries, and the trade and economic policy of Mongolia and affirmed Mongolia’s commitment to strengthening the multilateral trading system.

Director-General Roberto Azevedo stressed that it was important for Mongolia to diversify its economy and the market and that human resources development is also equally important, therefore, mentioning about the over 150 Mongolian public servants who participated in long and short-term training courses of the World Trade Organization last year. The Director-General expressed his interest to visit Mongolia next year to oversee the progress of bilateral cooperation.

source:president.mn