At the beginning of the meeting, Secretary of State D.Davaasuren, expressing his delight at the meeting with the Ambassador and thanked for the Swiss side for hosting the fifth political consultation between the foreign ministries of Mongolia and Switzerland in Bern city of Switzerland last week.

The sides talked about the measures to take following the political consultation, including establishment of financial, taxation and banking information sharing system, the sphere of development assistance to be granted by Switzerland to Mongolia next year as well as climate change, environmental and regional issues of mutual concern.

After reporting about the ‘Sustainable Artisanal Mining’ project being carried out in Mongolia since 2005 and the ‘Responsible Mining’ meeting held on the same day, Ambassador Bernardino Regazzoni reaffirmed the extension of the Swiss Development Strategy until the end of 2024.