Mongolia Brief June 2, 2014 Part II
Dialog
partner first meeting held in Jakarta
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) A dialog partner meeting of Mongolia and the Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) ran in ASEAN Secretariat in
Jakarta, Indonesia on May 30.
Present at the
meeting were National Security and Policy Advisor to the President of Mongolia
L.Purevdorj, Permanent representative of Mongolia to ASEAN Ts.Jambaldorj,
Ambassador of Mongolia to Japan S.Khurelbaatar, ASEAN Secretary General Le
Luong Minh, and ERIA Executive Director Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura.
At the meeting,
Mr Purevsuren presented to Prof Nishimura a letter from Mongolia’s President
Ts.Elbegdorj, in which he wishes a success in this dialog partner first meeting
and expresses a confidence in Mongolia’s becoming a dialogue partner of ASEAN,
and a member state to ERIA.
Mr Purevsuren
said that Mongolia would like to integrate with the economic linkages and
grouping in the region. As part of East Asia, he pointed out that Mongolia is
aspired to become a dialogue partner of ASEAN, a member of Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation as well as East Asia Summit.
After
introducing functions and recent activities of ERIA, Prof Nishimura expressed
an interest to cooperate with Mongolia in regional energy, infrastructure
projects.
The Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia or ERIA is an international
organization established in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2008 by a formal agreement
among Leaders of 16 countries in the East Asian region to conduct research
activities and make policy recommendations for further economic integration in
the East Asia.
ERIA works very
closely with both the ASEAN Secretariat and 16 Research Institutes to undertake
and disseminate policy research under the three pillars, namely “Deepening
Economic Integration”, ”Narrowing Development Gaps”, and “Sustainable
Development” and provide analytical policy recommendations to Leaders and
Ministers at their regional meetings. ERIA provides intellectual contributions
to East Asian Community building and serves as a Sherpa international
organization. ERIA ranks 28th among the world's "Top 50 International
Economic Policy Think Tanks" (1st in ASEAN) according to the 2012 Global
Go To Think Tanks Index Report conducted by University of Pennsylvania.
Trade
law to be developed
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) The Cabinet meeting last Saturday agreed to develop a law
draft on trade. The draft will be further submitted to a parliamentary
discussion.
There are
social and economic needs to develop this document in order to realize pledges
of Mongolia to the World Trade Organization, to regulate, promote and develop
trade activities in the nation, consider the Cabinet.
In 2013,
Mongolia traded with 135 countries, where the total external trade turnover
reached USD 10.62 billion, of which exports made up USD 4.27 billion and
imports – USD 6.35 billion, a statistics says.
Speaker
meets delegation of University of Denver
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) The Speaker of parliament Z.Enkhbold Monday received teachers
and students at the Master of Business Administration training at the
University of Denver (UD).
Trainees of the
UD’s MBA programme travel around the world in order to study a business
tendency and experiences of countries.
Introducing to
the delegation on a present economic situation and business sector in Mongolia,
the Speaker emphasized Mongolia has been included in the list of ten countries
providing a good condition for making investments.
He noted that
the Mongolia’s Ministry of Mining has launched a project together with the
China’s Sinopec Group on producing 15 billion cubic meters of gas a year by
processing 50-80 million tons of coal. He recommended the delegation to see
activities of mining companies in Gobi.
Mongolian
delegations meet Laos Public Security Deputy Minister
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) A Mongolian delegation led by B.Tsogoo, a head of State
Service Council visited Laos on May 26-29, at an invitation of Mr Kammun
Vipongsae, a deputy minister of Public Security for public registration and
issues.
In Vietnam,
B.Tsogoo met with Mr Saisi Santiwong, the Minister of Public Security and other
officials to share views on matters relating to operation of state service
offices, state service policies and further cooperation of Mongolia and Laos.
During the
visit, a seminar themed “State service management and bilateral cooperation”
ran among related officials of the two countries, where Mr Tsogoo and Mr Kammun
gave information on the matter.
Furthermore, a
cooperation memorandum was established between the sides and was inked by Mr
Tsogoo and Mr Santiwong.
Ending the
meeting, Mr Santiwong said that Laos part wants to exchange experiences with
Mongolia on state service policy and operations.
UAE
Foreign Minister to visit Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) At an invitation of Foreign Minister L.Bold, his counterpart
of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al
Nahyan will visit Mongolia on June 3-4.
The UAE Foreign
Minister will be received by the President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj, the Prime
Minister N.Altankhuyag, and will have negotiations with his Mongolian
counterpart L.Bold about economic relationship and cooperation between Mongolia
and UAE.
Foreign
Minister meets UN-OHRLLS High-Rep
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) The Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold Monday met Mr G.C.
Acharya, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least
Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island
Developing States (UN-OHRLLS).
Mr Acharya is
visiting Mongolia to take part in a high-level international workshop titled
“WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation: Implications for LLDCs” kicked off Monday
in Ulaanbaatar.
At the meeting,
the sides exchanged views on easing the trade of landlocked developing nations,
especially on impact of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation on the
landlocked countries. They agreed with an importance of this meeting for
summarizing implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action addressing the
special needs of landlocked developing countries within a new global framework
for transit transport.
Stock
exchange news for June 2
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Monday, a total of 31
thousand and 950 shares of 29 JSCs were traded costing MNT 26 million 161
thousand and 036.00.
"Remikon”
/10 thousand and 100 units/, "Mongolia Development" /10 thousand
units/, "Silikat” /4,000 units/, "Genco tour bureau" /3,885
units/ and "APU” /1,292 units/ were the most actively traded in terms of
trading volume, in terms of trading value--"Mongolia Development” (MNT
seven million), "APU" (MNT four million and 506 thousand), "Bayangol
hotel" (MNT two million and 550 thousand), "Talkh chikher” (MNT two
million 069 thousand and 200) and "UB-BUK” (MNT two million).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 513 billion 819 million 902
thousand and 512. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 14,686.48, decreasing by MNT
127.89 or 0.86% against the previous day.
Mongolian
team places second at Philippine Memory Championship
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) Mongolian mental athletes' team has placed second in the
First Philippine International Open Memory Championship which ran in Manila
city on May 31-June 1.
Our athletes
grabbed a total of 19 medals, including E.Enkhmonkh earned two gold, five silver
and two bronze medals, T.Enkhjin --- three gold, one silver and three bronze,
and S.Tsogbadrakh --- three gold and one bronze.
Apart from
this, Grand Master of Memory /GMM/ S.Tsogbadrakh broke the World Record in
adult's 30 Minute Numbers category by memorising 1408 digits successfully.
MJF
steering council meets
Ulaanbaatar,
June 2 (MONTSAME) The steering council of the Mongolia’s Judo Federation (MJF)
Monday met with participation of Kh.Battulga MP, the MJF president;
D.Dorligjav, the first deputy president of the federation.
The council’s
members discussed and shared views on a report of the East Asian Judo
Championship ran in Ulaanbaatar, works done in first six months of this year
and on the “Mongolian Judo-2020” programme.
In addition,
the council members heard reports on altering a composition of the MJF’s
steering council, preparation for the forthcoming “Chingis Khaan” Grand Prix
tournament, its planning and budget, and on selection of judokas to compete in
the Judo World Championship to run in August in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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