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07ULAANBAATAR698
2007-12-18 00:24:00
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Embassy Ulaanbaatar
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MONGOLIAN PM BAYAR INTRODUCES NEW CABINET TO RESIDENT
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UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000698
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
STATE PASS USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIAN PM BAYAR INTRODUCES NEW CABINET TO RESIDENT
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000698
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
STATE PASS USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIAN PM BAYAR INTRODUCES NEW CABINET TO RESIDENT
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) Prime Minister S.Bayar invited the resident diplomatic
corps and international-organization representatives to meet his
newly installed Cabinet December 17 at Government House. The Czech
Ambassador, as dean of the diplomatic corps, began the hour-long
event by offering congratulations to Bayar and his new 16-member
Cabinet.
2. (SBU) Bayar then briefly addressed the group, noting he had laid
out his Cabinet's priorities (summarized in para 4) in a speech
delivered December 13 to Parliament (the full text has been emailed
to EAP/CM). Bayar said he wanted in particular to highlight two of
those priorities for his Government. First, the problem of rising
inflation needed to be addressed. Second, Mongolia needs to move
forward with developing its mineral resources in a way which will
benefit Mongolia and the Mongolian people while also offering fair
treatment for foreign investors and partners. He added that
Mongolia would continue to pursue its own independent foreign
policy. Bayar noted that his Cabinet included several teachers,
three women (earlier in the morning Bayar had opened a conference on
gender issues),and that all had knowledge or previous experience in
their assigned portfolios. With the speeches concluded, the line of
diplomats proceeded individually to first clink glasses with Bayar
and then work their way down the line of assembled Cabinet members.
(Post's analysis of the cabinet to follow by septel.)
3. (SBU) COMMENT: This swift and orderly method of introductions
lies in sharp contrast with the approach used in February 2006 by
former PM (and now DPM) Enkhbold. At that time, the diplomatic
corps was invited to a reception attended by most but not all of his
cabinet. Enkhbold stiffly read his extended speech replete with
unspecific, unremarkable generalities, after which cabinet ministers
and diplomats milled about making cold introductions. END COMMENT.
4. (SBU) In his initial speech to Mongolia's Ikh Hural (Parliament)
on December 13, Bayar identified five priorities: the revision of
the election system to usher in proportional representation;
development of Mongolia's natural resources; improvements in civil
registration; bringing inflation under control; and improving
efficiency in the delivery of benefits and public services.
MINTON
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/CM
STATE PASS USTR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIAN PM BAYAR INTRODUCES NEW CABINET TO RESIDENT
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) Prime Minister S.Bayar invited the resident diplomatic
corps and international-organization representatives to meet his
newly installed Cabinet December 17 at Government House. The Czech
Ambassador, as dean of the diplomatic corps, began the hour-long
event by offering congratulations to Bayar and his new 16-member
Cabinet.
2. (SBU) Bayar then briefly addressed the group, noting he had laid
out his Cabinet's priorities (summarized in para 4) in a speech
delivered December 13 to Parliament (the full text has been emailed
to EAP/CM). Bayar said he wanted in particular to highlight two of
those priorities for his Government. First, the problem of rising
inflation needed to be addressed. Second, Mongolia needs to move
forward with developing its mineral resources in a way which will
benefit Mongolia and the Mongolian people while also offering fair
treatment for foreign investors and partners. He added that
Mongolia would continue to pursue its own independent foreign
policy. Bayar noted that his Cabinet included several teachers,
three women (earlier in the morning Bayar had opened a conference on
gender issues),and that all had knowledge or previous experience in
their assigned portfolios. With the speeches concluded, the line of
diplomats proceeded individually to first clink glasses with Bayar
and then work their way down the line of assembled Cabinet members.
(Post's analysis of the cabinet to follow by septel.)
3. (SBU) COMMENT: This swift and orderly method of introductions
lies in sharp contrast with the approach used in February 2006 by
former PM (and now DPM) Enkhbold. At that time, the diplomatic
corps was invited to a reception attended by most but not all of his
cabinet. Enkhbold stiffly read his extended speech replete with
unspecific, unremarkable generalities, after which cabinet ministers
and diplomats milled about making cold introductions. END COMMENT.
4. (SBU) In his initial speech to Mongolia's Ikh Hural (Parliament)
on December 13, Bayar identified five priorities: the revision of
the election system to usher in proportional representation;
development of Mongolia's natural resources; improvements in civil
registration; bringing inflation under control; and improving
efficiency in the delivery of benefits and public services.
MINTON