While addressing the participants of the First Forum of Asian Countries’ Writers, Mongolia’s G.Mend-Ooyo expressed hope that the anthology of Asian literary works will be translated into many languages. He also put forward a set of measures that, in his words, would help support Asian literature.

The First Forum of Asian Countries’ Writers kicked off in the Kazakh capital Friday with the participation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

G.Mend-Ooyo was nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006. His works have been translated into over 30 languages, including English, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, German, France and others.