Ulaanbaatar, February 14, 2023 /MONTSAME/. The Prime Minister of Mongolia L. Oyun-Erdene is paying an official visit to the Republic of Korea. On the first day of his visit, the Prime Minister met with the Minister of Personnel Management of Korea Kim Seung-ho.  

While expressing his satisfaction with the last 30 years of continuous development of the relations between Mongolia and Korea in social and economic sectors and its advancement to the “Strategic Partnership,” the Prime Minister emphasized his will to deepen and enrich the bilateral political ties with economic content, support people-to-people exchanges, and expand cooperation in strengthening the human resources management of civil services.

“The Government of Mongolia is focusing on improving the ethics, and tightening the discipline by evaluating the public servants’ performances, in accordance with its Action plan (2020-2024). To that extent, I am glad for the opportunity to learn from the South Korean experiences on embodying the merit system principles in civil service and heightening public servants’ discipline and accountability, and to maintain fruitful cooperation on this matter.” the Prime Minister highlighted. 

In response, the Minister of Personnel Management of Korea Kim Seung-ho noted that the fact that the Prime Minister of Mongolia is starting his overseas visits from South Korea, in particular, holding his first talk on the management of human resources in civil service is demonstrating the high importance that the Government of Mongolia is attaching to civil service reforms. 

Moreover, Minister Kim Seung-ho highlighted that the Ministry of Personnel Management of Korea and the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of Mongolia had been cooperating effectively for the last four years and expressed his keen interest in further expanding the two countries’ cooperation in building the capacity of civil service.

The parties agreed to accelerate our two countries’ cooperation in ensuring the leadership in human resources of civil service, re-training and engaging the core public servants in specialization courses, and conducting research and exchanging experiences on management of human resources in civil service.