President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences Regdel D.
received Tsengeg M., newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Austria. They discussed the cooperation
between the two countries and the President of the Mongolian Academy of
Sciences briefed the Ambassador on the cooperation between the Academy of
Sciences of the Republic of Austria and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
In particular, the two countries' academies of science signed an agreement on the exchange of scientists in 2000. The Austrian Association of Universities (UNINET-EPU) is a member organization that provides scholarships for doctoral and postdoctoral programs to researchers from its affiliated organizations. Scientists from the Mongolian Academy of Sciences have been participating in the scholarship since 2004, and an average of 5 scientists are trained annually on long-term and short-term trainings.
There is also a recording studio at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which has previously discussed the restoration of rare and valuable items such as fairy tales, folk songs and long songs kept at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Unfortunately, this work was abandoned due to unresolved funding issues at the time. At the present time, when the government supports the science sector, it would be very important for Mongolia to study this work and restore rare values. The President of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences asked the Ambassador to pay attention to these issues.
In addition to the above-mentioned issues, Ambassador Tsengeg M. expressed interest in the information on the monitoring stations located in Mongolia by the International Central Organization for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and said that he would focus on strengthening cooperation and developing cooperation between the two countries.
Note that Mongolia acceded to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1997. The International Organization for the Prohibition of Nuclear Testing is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The organization has monitoring stations in many countries of the world, and the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences maintains the station located in Mongolia.