Mayor of Bishkek discusses fight against smog with Ambassador of Mongolia
Mayor of Bishkek Aibek Dzhunushaliev met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Kyrgyzstan Gankhuyag Sodnom. Press service of the City Hall reported.
The parties discussed the possibility of exchanging experience between the City Halls of the capitals of the two countries.
«Aibek Dzhunushaliev outlined the importance of developing mutually beneficial cooperation, in particular, Bishkek is interested in the experience of combating smog in the capital of Mongolia, in turn, Ulaanbaatar is ready to adopt Bishkek greening technologies in urban conditions,» the press service said.
It should be noted that the Minister of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia Nyamjav Urtnasan, her deputy and state secretary were dismissed on January 17. According to Regnum, the reason for the dismissal of the officials was smog in Ulaanbaatar, where air pollution has become one of the main problems that have been accumulating for years.