Japan eager to tap natural resources in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR —

Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada stressed Japan’s strong eagerness to tap natural resources in Mongolia, such as copper, coal and uranium, in a meeting Monday with his Mongolian counterpart Gombojav Zandanshatar, Japanese officials said.

Okada, who met Zandanshatar in Tokyo in late July, told the Mongolian foreign and trade minister that Japanese firms are keen to take part in developing resources such as the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine believed to have the world’s largest coal reserves. Zandanshatar said Mongolia would work to establish a good investment environment for Japanese firms, according to the officials.

Source:Kyodo News service