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Mongolia|politics|May 19, 2016 / 02:26 PM
Mongolia, South Korea agree to bolster development cooperation

AKIPRESS.COM - AEN20160519005200315_01_i The leaders of South Korea and Mongolia agreed Thursday to seek an increase in flights between the two nations and expand cooperation in the latter's infrastructure construction and overall economic development, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye signed three memorandums of understanding on strengthening bilateral economic cooperation and another on cooperation in the sports sector.

One of the memos concerns joint efforts to "actively" discuss ways to increase the number of flights between the two nations.

Currently, there are 12 weekly passenger flights between South Korea's western port city of Incheon and the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar despite a recent increase in the number of passengers.

Last year, some 190,000 people traveled between the two cities.

Under another memo, the two sides will seek to bolster cooperation in Mongolia's urban development project. The document will help South Korea export its "smart city" model to the Central Asian state, Seoul officials explained.

The two countries also signed a memo to enhance cooperation in the quarantine process for Mongolia's livestock products. South Korea has been struggling to cope with illicit livestock imports from Mongolia, which could pose health risks here.

To expand South Korea's support for Mongolia's development projects, the two sides, moreover, inked a memo to enhance cooperation in various areas, including energy, education, urban development, environment and public administration reform.

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