Czech raises quota for Mongolian workers
The fifth Consultative Meeting between the Ministries of Foreign Relations of Mongolia and the Czech Republic was held in Prague on April 8 to discuss the current political, social and economic situation in both countries, the development of bilateral relations and cooperation, and issues of mutual interest.
During the meeting, the parties decided to increase the quota for Mongolian skilled workers to work in the Czech Republic. There are more than 11,000 Mongolian expatriates in the European country and the Czech Embassy issues a work visa to about 1,000 Mongolians per year, according to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mongolia.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations B.Munkhjin and his Czech counterpart Jiri Kozak unanimously agreed that trade, economic and people-to-people ties play an important role in the traditionally friendly cooperation between the countries. Kozal conveyed that Czech businesses and investors are interested in investing in and cooperating with Mongolian businesses.
The deputy minister welcomed the Czech Parliament’s ongoing discussion on the ratification of the agreement on cooperation in the field of social protection between Mongolia and the Czech Republic and its decision to raise the quota for Mongolian skilled workers to work in their country.
During his visit, Deputy Minister B.Munkhjin met Member of Czech Chamber of Deputies Stanislav Berkovec. They noted the active development of cooperation between the legislatures of the two countries and exchanged views on future plans at the meeting.
Berkovec said that the Czech side plans to restore its government scholarships for Mongolian students and send a delegation of members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group to visit Mongolia.
Moreover, Czech Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Edvard Kozusnik received Deputy Minister B.Munkhjin to exchange views on intensifying bilateral trade and economic cooperation and overcoming transport and logistics difficulties.
B.Munkhjin also met with representatives of the Czech business community and presented Mongolia’s post-pandemic economic recovery policy and the New Revival Policy. The deputy minister stressed that the government is working to strengthen and develop important economic sectors such as energy and food production, before expressing his full support for Czech investors to operate in Mongolia.
About 20 Czech entrepreneurs engaged in construction, food, agriculture technology, farming, telemedicine, wastewater treatment, waste wood processing, afforestation, light aircraft and mining participated in the meeting. They suggested holding the CzechMongolian Business Forum in Ulaanbaatar next fall.