On sidelines of EEF, PM Modi meets Mongolian President; offers help on mitigating smog
Narendra Modi, Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga, who met on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, discussed how India can help mitigate the impact of smog in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar.
The foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale said, "President of Mongolia spoke of the success India is having in mitigating the pollution due to stubble burning of wheat in the winter months."
According to Indian Council of Agricultural Research, there have been 41% decline in burning of crop stubble in 2018 as compared to 2016 in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCR region due to central government measures.
Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga will be visiting India later this month. During his tour, Battulga will visit Delhi, Bodh Gaya and Bengaluru. India is helping the landlocked country build an oil refinery through a line of credit announced during PM Modi's visit to the country.
In 2015, PM Modi became the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the country.
Mongolia, which is landlocked between Russia and China considers India as its "third neighbour" with which it has a spiritual connection.
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Last few years have seen a number of high-level visits from India to Mongolia, including the visit of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in April 2018, former home minister Rajnath Singh in June 2018 and former minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju in July 2018