AKIPRESS.COM - Minister of Environment and Tourism of Mongolia Bat-Erdene Bat-Ulzii and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Mongolia Matilda Dimovska signed a document to implement the "Strengthening Forest Firefighting Capacity towards Green Recovery in Mongolia" project in collaboration with the UNDP and the Forest Department on February 5, Montsame reports.

The program will be funded with 1 billion 700 million tugriks ($500,000) as part of the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund Grant of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA).

The signing ceremony was attended by Ambassador of China Shen Minjuan, Commercial and Economic Counsellor of the Embassy of China Sun Xuejun, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Mongolia Lin Cao, and Director-General of the Forestry Agency of the government of Mongolia Oyunsanaa Byambasuren, among other officials, the Ministry of Education and Culture reported.