Yesterday in Ulan Bator, new Estonian Ambassador in Mongolia, Marten Kokk presented his credentials to President Tshakiagiin Elbegdorj. Ambassador Kokk resides in Beijing.
During the conversation following the ceremony, Ambassador Marten Kokk and President Tshakiagiin Elbegdorj expressed their pleasure over the fact that Estonia and Mongolia have good relations and they discussed opportunities to strengthen them further. “Although this year is the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations, trade with Mongolia is modest. There is clearly room for development,” Ambassador Kokk said. “Mongolia is one of the few democracies in its region and we should support it on its course of development,” he added.
According to the Ambassador, cooperation between Estonia and Mongolia is strong in the ICT field. “Estonia continues to be ready to share our experience in the ICT field with Mongolia and introduce our e-solutions. There is great interest in them in Mongolia, especially in the e-Tax solutions,” Kokk reaffirmed.
Also, the Ambassador and the President talked about cooperation in education and culture, cooperation opportunities in international organisations and both countries’ candidacies for the UN security council membership.
Ambassador Kokk was born in 1973 in Tallinn. He graduated from the University of Tartu where he studied law. From 1994 – 1999, Kokk worked on different positions in the Foreign Ministry’s Legal Department. In 1999 he started to work at the Government Office of Estonia and from 2001 – 2006 he worked as the Director General of the Government Office. In 2006 Kokk returned to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Undersecretary for Administrative Affairs and from the beginning of 2009 until the end of 2010 he was the Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry. In 2011, Kokk was the Estonian Permanent Representative to OECD. Since September this year, Marten Kokk has been an Estonian Ambassador to China.
Ambassador Kokk speaks English, Russian and German.
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Additional information:
Sandra Kamilova
Communication Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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