On the sidelines of the session, the Mongolian delegation held meeting with representatives of Polish Ministry of Transport and the sides agreed to intensify works to establish Intergovernmental Agreement on Road Transportation and to complete it within 2019.

The delegates also met with Yuwei Li, Director of Sustainable Transport Division at UNECE and expressed Mongolia’s request to join several UN transport agreements and conventions to implement a project on Transport Safety-Gateway to International Transport Network Integration. They also talked over developing UN Road Safety Trust Fund and preventing from illegal transport of dangerous goods.

Furthermore, the delegates had meeting with Umberto De Pretto, Secretary-General of the International Union of Railways (IRU) and Mr. Umberto De Pretto agreed to visit Mongolia in September this year.

State Secretary S.Batbold emphasized that the Government of Mongolia has been working towards broadening activities of international auto shipping, ensuring conditions for passing transit transports that link Asia and Europe through the country’s territory without any barrier as well as increasing opportunities for Mongolian railroaders to actively participate in this activity, improving state coordination and empowering personnel.

IRU expressed to cooperate and back Mongolia to fulfill these works, to strengthen and empower its human resource and to join international agreements and conventions.