The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday asked
the Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy to sanction more staff
for it, given the increase in its work in recent times. Minister G.Zandanshatar
also told the MPs about all the international agreements and conventions
Mongolia has signed, the international organizations where Mongolia is an active
member, and the laws and protocols on foreign relations Parliament has passed.

The volume of work has grown so much bigger, but the ministry works with the same
number of employees as it did in 1990. Their salary also is not commensurate
with their high level of education and considerable language skills. The Ministry
cannot function properly and meet its responsibilities if it does not increase
its staff strength and also change its structure, including salary levels. Members
of the committee shared his concern and agreed to discuss further his proposals
for more staff and higher salaries, and also to bring the Institute of Foreign
Relations under the Ministry.