Ri Su Yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic People's Republic of Korea visited Mongolia during February 22-25 by the official invitation of L.Purevsuren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia.
Official negotations with Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Purevsuren were held covering issues regarding the political, economical, cultural, humanitarian and labour relations and partnership and proceed with talks on Ulaanbaatar Negotiation on North East Asia Safety, regional and international partnership and the MOU between two Foreign Ministries has been renewed.
The specifics of the MOU have not been disclosed to public.
Lately North Korean officials have been visiting Mongolia back to back. The official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs was preceded by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Ri Gil.
Jung Jae-heung, a researcher at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of Kyungnam University, said Democratic People's Republic of Korea is expanding its policy on foreign cooperation with states like Mongolia, Russian Federation and East Asian nations, which is the attempt of the Leader Kim Jong Un to mend the negative image of the country, moreover making steps to bring its economic relations to different level as well.
Ri Su Yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic People's Republic of Korea during his official visit to Mongolia also met with the Minister of Food and Agriculture, although the specifics of this meeting weren’t made public. But the outcome of those meetings has been evident as the news on Mongolia to send coal through North Korean port emerged on the website http://www.nknews.org.
The news stated that: “Mongolia will ship 25,000 tons of coal to North Korea’s Rajin port this year as part of a trial export project, the chairman of the Mongolian Railroad Authority said.”
On our request to comment on the news Ulaanbaatar Railroad Authority replied: “We had plans to ship 25.000 tons of coal last year as well. The recipient party, which is North Korea, approved of the request as well, while we are still waiting on the Russian side confirmation, as the load will go through the Russian railways. In April the international freight forwarders meeting will be held during which the negotiations will be taking place on how much freight is to be shipped. We are working with the Russian side to sign the tariffs protocol during this meeting. As for us we have capacity to ship 25.000 tons of coal.”
While the officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to give comments citing the upcoming discussion of this issue by the Cabinet first and the comments are available after the discussion.
Upcoming freight forwarders meeting is to be attended by the freight forwarding entities of Mongolia, Russia, China and South Korea and is organized by the International Railroad Cooperation Agency. Last year the meeting took place in Beijing, China and this year the meeting will be hosted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
If Mongolia successfully signs the tariffs protocol with the Russian side the shipment of the 25.000 tons of coal and other subsequent questions related to from which coal deposit the load will be shipped, who is the recipient and what benefits Mongolia will have will be answered.
Ri Su Yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic People's Republic of Korea visited Mongolia during February 22-25 by the official invitation of L.Purevsuren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia.
Official negotations with Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Purevsuren were held covering issues regarding the political, economical, cultural, humanitarian and labour relations and partnership and proceed with talks on Ulaanbaatar Negotiation on North East Asia Safety, regional and international partnership and the MOU between two Foreign Ministries has been renewed.
The specifics of the MOU have not been disclosed to public.
Lately North Korean officials have been visiting Mongolia back to back. The official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs was preceded by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Ri Gil.
Jung Jae-heung, a researcher at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of Kyungnam University, said Democratic People's Republic of Korea is expanding its policy on foreign cooperation with states like Mongolia, Russian Federation and East Asian nations, which is the attempt of the Leader Kim Jong Un to mend the negative image of the country, moreover making steps to bring its economic relations to different level as well.
Ri Su Yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic People's Republic of Korea during his official visit to Mongolia also met with the Minister of Food and Agriculture, although the specifics of this meeting weren’t made public. But the outcome of those meetings has been evident as the news on Mongolia to send coal through North Korean port emerged on the website http://www.nknews.org.
The news stated that: “Mongolia will ship 25,000 tons of coal to North Korea’s Rajin port this year as part of a trial export project, the chairman of the Mongolian Railroad Authority said.”
On our request to comment on the news Ulaanbaatar Railroad Authority replied: “We had plans to ship 25.000 tons of coal last year as well. The recipient party, which is North Korea, approved of the request as well, while we are still waiting on the Russian side confirmation, as the load will go through the Russian railways. In April the international freight forwarders meeting will be held during which the negotiations will be taking place on how much freight is to be shipped. We are working with the Russian side to sign the tariffs protocol during this meeting. As for us we have capacity to ship 25.000 tons of coal.”
While the officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to give comments citing the upcoming discussion of this issue by the Cabinet first and the comments are available after the discussion.
Upcoming freight forwarders meeting is to be attended by the freight forwarding entities of Mongolia, Russia, China and South Korea and is organized by the International Railroad Cooperation Agency. Last year the meeting took place in Beijing, China and this year the meeting will be hosted in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
If Mongolia successfully signs the tariffs protocol with the Russian side the shipment of the 25.000 tons of coal and other subsequent questions related to from which coal deposit the load will be shipped, who is the recipient and what benefits Mongolia will have will be answered.