Mr. Puntsag TSAGAAN, Minister, and Mr. Dugersuren BAYAR, Head of Tertiary Education Division, Ministry of Science, Technology, Education and Culture of Mongolia, and Prof. Dugeriin REGDEL, Secretary General of Mongolian Academy of Sciences visited JSPS on February 22, 2005.

In the meeting, Minister TSAGAAN said, "Since democratization, Mongolia’s top-priority policy has been economic development. Now, however, we will lay emphasis on human resource development. The Mongolian government is planning to hold a ceremony to commemorate the nation’s 800th anniversary. In it, we will highlight such areas as Mongolian history, archaeology, culture and sightseeing." Prof. Motoyuki Ono, President of JSPS, said in reply, "Japan shares Mongolia’s thinking with regard to the importance of human resource development. I hope we can find good ways to promote scientific cooperation between Japan and Mongolia."

JSPS and MOSTEC joined forces to support a joint seminar held in Mongolia by the University of Tokyo and Mongolian Agricultural University in June 2004. They are planning to support another joint seminar in FY2005.