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UN secretary general voices concern over former Mongolian president’s health

14 May 2012 20:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday made a telephone call to Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and voiced his concern over the health of former Mongolian President Nambar Enkhbayar, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

According to their conversation published by the president’s website, Ban said "there is a growing concern over the health of former president Mr. Enkhbayar. I hope you are paying your attention to his health situation."

The UN secretary general also said he has no interest in being involved in the Mongolia’s internal matter and he believes Elbegdorj can help in properly solving the issue of concern.

Elbegdorj expressed his gratitude for the call. He said, "We are paying close attention to the health of former President Enkhbayar. He is currently being treated in the hospital for our state officials. A medical team consisting of the best doctors in our country has been appointed to monitor his health."

The president also said he will be very pleased if the UN sends representatives to collaborate with Mongolia’s efforts to combat corruption and protect human rights.

He added that Enkhbayar’s case was opened quite some time ago. The former president was summoned for testimony ten times over the past several months, but he declined to appear, Elbegdorj said, adding that due to this reason he had to be taken into detention.

Elbegdorj promised he will pay close attention to the health of Enkhbayar and support the law enforcement organizations for their just implementation of the laws.