– Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok met with Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on Wednesday and discussed joint climate change responses as well as ways to enhance ties between the two nations, the mayor’s office said Thursday.
AKIPRESS. COM – Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok met with Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj on Wednesday and discussed joint climate change responses as well as ways to enhance ties between the two nations, the mayor’s office said Thursday.
“As desertification in Mongolia and China is deepening due to global warming, the world should join hands to tackle the phenomenon and yellow sand that stems from it, ” the South Korean mayor said during the meeting, which was held at the Mongolian presidential residence Ikh Tenger Complex in Ulaanbaatar.
Yoo is currently in the Asian country for a five-day visit on the invitation of President Elbegdorj. He is scheduled to return on Saturday, Korea Herald reported.
“ ‘Incheon Forest of Hope’ is an international cooperation project that aims to address global climate change with sustainable development and to reduce damages from yellow sand storms in Incheon area, ” Mayor Yoo explained to the president.
