Foreign minister introduces government policy during webinar on disinformation

The Friends in Defence of Democracy in collaboration with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) organized the webinar on defending democracy from disinformation last week, and ministers, deputy minister and ambassador from Georgia, Liberia, Mongolia, Sweden, Portugal and Tunisia exchanged views on their best practices and solutions to protect democracy from disinformation and build resilient society from disinformation.

Minister of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg delivered remarks and pointed out that disinformation was becoming a tougher problem in

Mongolia in the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the development of media and information technologies and mineral resources.

The minister briefed on government policies and activities, such as the operations of the Standing Committee on Innovation and ePolicy and bills on personal data protection and cyber security.

Having viewed that global democracy was under threat due to regional conflicts and political and economic crises, the group of Friends in Defence of Democracy was established in 2020 at the initiative of Sweden. The group consists of Georgia, Liberia, Mongolia, Portugal, Sweden, Tunisia and Uruguay.