Foreign Minister attends General Debate

Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The high-level General Debate at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly opened on September 24 in New York city, in which Mongolian government delegation headed by the MP and Minister of Foreign Affairs D.Tsogtbaatar is attending. In his opening speech, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a tool for social protection, sustainable environment, education and decent jobs. However, Mr. Guterres stressed emerging challenges in the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, saying “inequality is exploding”. The General Debate brought together government officials of over 150 countries who are expressing positions on global issues and sharing views on policies and actions to be further taken. Minister D.Tsogtbaatar delivered a speech at the General Debate on September 28, presenting the foreign policy objectives, priorities and policy and actions in socioeconomy being taken by the Mongolian government as well as expressing Mongolia’s position on international relations. On the sidelines of his participation in the General Debate, Mr. Tsogtbaatar held meetings with Albert II, Prince of Monaco, foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Norway, Serbia, Trinidad and Tobago and Malta to exchange views on bilateral cooperation. Moreover, the sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of mechanism of the political consultative meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion of the Republic of Malta.