JAPAN TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO MONGOLIA

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ A ceremony will take place Friday to sign a note on assistance of relief food costing JPY 810 million to be rendered from the Japanese government to Mongolia.
The Mongolia-Japan inter-governmental note will be inked by G.Zandanshatar, the Mongolia's Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kidokoro Takuo, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia; and Toshinori Isogai, the chief representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency to Mongolia. Main objective of the food assistance is to reduce food shortage in developing countries and to improve the food supply. It helps relevant countries' governments buy the most important food stuffs such as wheat, rice, corn and flour.
For the time being, the food assistance of the Japanese government has been rendered to Mongolia 17 times since 1991, and it significantly contributed to improving the food supply of Mongolia and overcoming difficulties in times of transmitting into the market economy.
B.Khuder