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Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar

Mongolian president meets ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½for high-level talks on trade and transport

15 Nov 2023 · Prosperity

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Secretary General Umberto de Pretto and the President of Mongolia have held high-level talks on measures to further streamline trade and professionalise the country¡¯s road transport industry.

A rapidly evolving transit and transport hub, Mongolia can cement its land-linked status with tried-and-tested UN conventions and professionalisation, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Secretary General Umberto de Pretto stressed during his meeting with Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, the President of Mongolia.

Mongolia has already made significant development gains over recent years. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½encourages Mongolia to continue acceding to other key UN conventions in addition to TIR and CMR to further elevate its role as a trade and transit hub.

Umberto de Pretto also emphasised that TIR is the key trade facilitation tool ensuring seamless cross-border movements and enabling the implementation of the WTO¡¯s Agreement on Trade Facilitation and the UNESCAP¡¯s Agreement on the Asian Highway Network.

RU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto and the President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh

The two also discussed the ongoing professionalisation of Mongolia¡¯s road transport industry. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½member the National Road Transport Association of Mongolia (NARTAM) is continuing its efforts to establish a framework for harmonised training, compliant with high-level international quality standards. With support from regional development partners, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½and NARTAM will launch a major project to implement ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Academy training programmes in 2024.

Umberto de Pretto also congratulated the President for coming from a family of heroes, as his parents and brothers were drivers, highlighting that this year's ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Grand Prix d¡¯Honneur was awarded to all commercial drivers for their heroism during the pandemic, natural disasters and conflicts.

Furthermore, IRU's Secretary General held separate talks with the Minister of Road and Transport Development of Mongolia, Byambatsogt Sandag, and the Director General of the Customs Central Administration of Mongolia, Otgonjargal Regjiibuu.

IRU's Secretary General with the Minister of Road and Transport Development of Mongolia, Byambatsogt Sandag, and the Director General of the Customs Central Administration of Mongolia, Otgonjargal Regjiibuu
From left to right: Vadim Zakharenko (IRU), Umberto de Pretto (IRU), Young Tae Kim (ITF), Byambatsogt Sandag (Minister of Road and Transport Development of Mongolia), Bat-Erdene Bat-ulzii (Minister of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia), Vijay Kumar Saraswat (NITI Aayog, India), Mohinder Pratap Singh (Ambassador of the Republic of India to Mongolia), Hannes A. Takacs (Head of Mongolia, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)

The focus was put on additional road transport capacity-building initiatives related to the geographical expansion of Mongolian operations, the transport of dangerous and perishable goods, as well as soft measures, notably the full deployment of TIR-EPD, allowing transport companies to send advance cargo information to customs for better risk management, and the implementation of express TIR Green Lanes at borders between Mongolia and its neighbours.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½delegation at the Customs Central Administration of Mongolia

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