Bilateral Cooperation: Russia and Mongolia to strengthen cooperation in preventing and fighting natural fires in border areas

Source: Government of the Russian Federation

Russia and Mongolia are going to strengthen cooperation in the area of preventing and fighting natural fires in border areas. The agreement was reached today in Ulan-Bator during the meeting of representatives of the Federal Forestry Agency, the Emergencies Ministry’s Main Office for the Trans-Baikal Territory, Mongolian State Emergency Situations Agency and Ministry of Nature, Environment and Green Development. The main subject on the agenda was prevention of and protection against forest and wild fires in the border areas of Russia and Mongolia.

During the meeting Alexey Zverev, Head of the Civil Defense Directorate of the Emergencies Ministry’s Main Office for the Trans-Baikal Territory discussed with the representatives of provinces Dornod and Khentiy bordering the Trans-Baikal Territory information of the sides in case of forest and wild fires on the border. The parties specified the procedure for the drills with border fire crews of the Trans-Baikal Territory Main Office and Mongolian State Emergency Situations Agency on simplified passing the state border.

The meeting also heard reports on organization of activities to prevent and fight wild fires in border areas of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the Republic of Buryatia, Tuva and Mongolian provinces Selenge, Bulgan, Dornod and Khentiy.

The parties decided to make amendments to the draft Russian-Mongolian Intergovernmental Agreement on protection against forest fires signed in 1995.