Mongolia has joined the Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES) to boost protection against natural disasters, according to a press release issued in Ulan Bator on December 30. The statement said Natural Environment and Tourism Vice-Minister Jargalsaikhan Choijantsan had signed an agreement with RIMES in Bangkok, Thailand.
The organisation is a regional body for the generation and application of early warning information.
Choijantsan is leading a Mongolian delegation to Thailand.
Mongolia, a landlocked country in central east Asia and an active earthquake zone, frequently suffers mild earth tremors. In 1957, a strong earthquake hit the Gobi-Altay region in southern Mongolia, killing at least 1,200 people and also injuring many others.
