Minister B.Enkh-Amgalan noted that Japan accounts for around 80 percent of car imports of Mongolia and requested the Ambassador to support the establishment of a disposal-and-recycling facility for the environmentally harmful batteries of electric and hybrid cars, which make up most of the imported cars from Japan, as well as the capacity building of road and transport officials of Mongolia and training of Mongolian engineering and technical professionals in Japan.

Pointing out that the expanding import of cars with a damage history from Japan have been threatening Mongolian citizens’ lives and health and affecting the country’s economy, the Transport Minister emphasized the importance of providing citizens with vehicle history reports about cars imported from Japan free of charge.

Ambassador Kobayashi Hiroyuki undertook to pay attention and inform the Japanese Government of the issues raised by the Transport Minister and take actions step by step.

The sides then exchanged views on opening of the new airport in Khushig Valley by the scheduled date.