Mongolia Brief May 22, 2014
Number of Mongolians in Japanese Sumo Reached 28
Wrestlers
May 22
(infomongolia.com) On May 11, 2014, the Natsu Basho or Grand Sumo Summer
Tournament was started in Tokyo, and as of today, May 22, the Tournament is
ongoing on its 12th day. This month’s completion is distinct, because three
Yokozunas are competing same time, which was not recorded since 2001.
The newly
promoted Yokozuna Kakuryu is continuing his debut with 8 wins and 3 losses
after 11th day, where Yokozuna Hakuho is leading the top Division with 10 wins
and 1 loss, and the third Yokozuna Harumafuji is following with 9 wins and 2
losses.
This month, a
ranking competition of Mae-zumo for new wrestlers is ongoing, where a Mongolian
sumo wrestler Davaanyam NARANTSOGT advanced to be listed in the Jonokuchi
Division (lowest division) from the next July Tournament, and is competing
under Sadahikari name, thereof the number of Mongolians in sumo is reached 28
wrestlers.
The results of
Mongolian sumo wrestlers after 11th day, May 2014 Grand Sumo Summer Tournament
Makuuchi Division
1. East
Yokozuna Hakuho - M.Davaajargal 10-1
2. West
Yokozuna Harumafuji - D.Byambadorj 9-2
3. East
Yokozuna Kakuryu - M.Anand 8-3
4. MW-3
Kyokutenho - N.Tsevegnyam 1-10
5. MW-6
Tamawashi - B.Munkh-Orgil 6-5
6. ME-9
Terunofuji - G.Gan-Erdene 5-6
7. ME-12
Takanoiwa - A.Baasandorj 2-9
8. MW-14
Tokitenku - A.Khuchitbaatar 5-6
9. ME-15
Kyokushuho - T.Erdenebaatar 8-3
10. ME-16
Arawashi - E.Dulguun 6-5
Juryo Division
11. E-1
Azumaryu - S.Todbileg 8-3
12. W-2 Kagamio
- B.Nanjid 7-4
13. E-4
Asasekiryu - B.Dashnyam 5-6
14. W-8
Shotenro - D.Nyamsuren 6-5
15. W-10
Ichinojo - A.Ichinnorov 8-3
16. E-12
Sakigake - Ya.Battushig 4-7
17. W-12 Seiro
- A.Unubold 9-2
Makushita Division
18. E-10
Chiyoshima - G.Munkhsaikhan 3-2
19. E-11
Gochozan - D.Uuganbaatar 2-4
20. W-13 Sensho
- E.Bayarbat 2-3
21. W-25
Ryuonami - B.Buyanjargal 2-3
22. E-30
Takakasuga - E.Enkhmanlai 2-4
23. W-31
Daishoho- R.Shijirbayar 3-3
24. W-34
Oniarashi - U.Ulziijargal 1-4
25. W-59
Aratoshi - V.Tserendorj 2-4
Sandanme Division
26. E-5 Taiga -
S.Sharavnyambuu 3-3
27. E-57
Daionami - B.Uuganbayar 3-2
Mae-zumo
28. Sadahikari
- D.Narantsogt 1-1
Prime Minister of Mongolia Left Country to Participate in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014
May 22
(infomongolia.com) Today on May 22, Mongolian delegates led by the Prime
Minister of Mongolia, Mr. Norov ALTANKHUAYG left the country to participate in
the International Economic Forum 2014 (SPIEF) to take place in St. Petersburg,
the Russian Federation on May 22-24, 2014.
The 2014 SPIEF
is focusing on the theme “Sustaining Confidence in a World Undergoing
Transformation”, where a wide range of Russian and global businesses will be
represented at the Forum, with confirmed participation by 142 heads of major
international companies and 419 heads of Russian enterprises. Besides,
confirmed participants hail from 68 countries in key regions across the world
such as the BRICS countries, the United States, the European Union, the Middle
East, Northeast Asia, Australia, and the CIS.
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May 22
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Mongolia to Partner with Brazilian Educational Sector
May 22
(infomongolia.com) The Governments of Mongolia and the Federative Republic of Brazil
have principally negotiated to establish an Intergovernmental Agreement to
collaborate in educational sphere that aims to broaden partnership in the
sector.
Accordingly, at
the regular Cabinet meeting held on May 21, 2014, it was agreed to support the
negotiation and resolved to be co-signed the Agreement by the Deputy Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia D.Gankhuyag.
By establishing
the document, it allows to implement several programs that aims to strengthen
cooperation between the State Universities, to exchange teachers and scholars
for vocational trainings reciprocally as well as interaction of information,
document, data and implement research activities, including the possibility of
mutual recognition of the academic titles.
The Agreement
would be valid for the period of five years and appears to be further extended
for another five years and so on.
Mongolia and
the Federative Republic of Brazil have established the diplomatic relations on
June 19, 1987, where the first resident Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Mongolia in Brasilia is appointed Mrs. Chuluunbat SOSORMAA.
Related:
Mongolia
to Collaborate with Brazil in Education – Montsame, May 22
First Mongolia-Thailand Intergovernmental Consultative Meeting to Take Place in Ulaanbaatar
May 22
(infomongolia.com) Due to absence of the Prime Minister of Mongolia these days,
who is attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014, the
regular Cabinet meeting scheduled on upcoming Saturday was held on Wednesday,
May 21, 2014.
At the Cabinet
meeting over 10 issues were revised and one of the resolved issues was to
organize the First Mongolia-Thailand Intergovernmental Consultative Meeting in
Ulaanbaatar on May 27, 2014.
At the Cabinet
meeting, it was agreed a guideline of Mongolian representatives to adhere and
the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
G.Tsogtsaikhan is obliged to submit participants at the panel meeting to
represent the country.
During an
official visit of then Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Ms. Yingluck
Shinawatra to Mongolia to attend the VII Ministerial Conference of the
Community of Democracies held in Ulaanbaatar in April 2013, the bilateral
partnership council was established.
In the
frameworks, First Mongolia-Thailand Intergovernmental Consultative Meeting is
arranged to take place in Ulaanbaatar in the scope of celebrating the 40th
anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two
states.
The First
Consultative Meeting is aimed to broaden partnership between the two countries
in political, economic, trade, investment, mining, food, agriculture, culture
and tourism sectors, after which parties will sign a Protocol on discussed
issues.
Mongolia and
the Kingdom of Thailand have established the diplomatic relations on March 05,
1974.
Related:
First
Meeting of Mongolia-Thailand Intergovernmental Council to Run – Montsame, May 22
Government Bonds Capital to Support SMEs
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) The Cabinet meeting on Wednesday decided to allot up to 100
billion togrogs from the Government bonds capital to support an import
substitution and export promotion projects.
The money are
to go to the projects that need less than two billion togrogs funding and have
been approved by a commercial bank to receive a soft loan, and will be given to
the projects' developers through the Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Fund.
Since
announcing the import-substitution and export-promotion projects tender, the
Government received 131 export-promotion project drafts, 757
import-substitution project drafts and 200 others. The export promotion
projects mainly focus on animal and food production (61%), the import
substitution projects--on building material production (30%) and food
production (26%).
Today, there
are 579 industrial project drafts that request financing less than two billion,
and the total funding requests of these smaller projects are estimated at 341
billion togrogs.
Landlocked Countries to Meet in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
May 22
(infomongolia.com) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia in cooperation
with the Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries,
Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
will host a high-level international workshop on “WTO Agreement on Trade
Facilitation: Implications for LLDCs” in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on June 02-03,
2014, the Ministry reports.
UN Deputy
Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries,
Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Gyan Chandra
Acharya, Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry of Zambia Robert Sichinga,
Chairman of LLDC Group, Ambassador of Zambia Mwaba Kasese-Bota, LLDC Group
Coordinator on Trade and Development, Ambassador to UN in Geneva Juan Esteban
Aguirre Martinez stated on their participation in the upcoming event which will
bring together representatives of 32 member states of LLDC Group, donors and
transit countries as well as about ten international organizations, government
agencies, private sectors and civil society.
Agenda of the
meeting includes background research paper “Assessment of the WTO Agreement on
Trade Facilitation: Implications for the LLDCs”, preparations for Second United
Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries and reflection of LLDCs’
development challenges in post-2015 Development Agenda.
Landlocked Developing Countries
The Second
United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC) for all
Member States is scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria on November 03-05,
2014.
Landlocked
Developing Countries face significant challenges associated with their
geographical location and in areas such as trade, transport and infrastructure.
They are reliant on transit routes provided by neighboring countries and often
have to cover vast distances to facilitate import and export. There are 32
Landlocked Developing Countries, 16 of which are located in Africa, 10 in Asia,
4 in Europe and 2 in Latin America. Seventeen of these are also classified as
Least Developed Countries by the United Nations.
Related:
Int’l
Conference of Landlocked Countries to Run – Montsame, May 22
Representatives of
landlocked countries to meet in Ulaanbaatar – news.mn, May 22
Mining Minister appointed as acting Agriculture Minister
May 22
(news.mn) The Minister of Mining, D.Gankhuyag, has been appointed as acting
Minister of Industry and Agriculture until the post is filled.
MP and former
Minister of Industry and Agriculture, Kh.Battulga, resigned from the post on
his own initiative, agreed by the decision of the plenary session meeting of
Parliament last week. Friday`s cabinet meeting issued a decision to appoint the
Minister of Mining D.Gankhuyag as acting Minister of Industry and Agriculture
at the same time on May 16th.
It is uncertain
how much time the Government needs to submit the names of nominees for the position
to Parliament. The names of the nominees must be discussed in Parliament before
the new appointment to the position of Minister can be made.
President returns from Shanghai
May 22
(news.mn) The President of Mongolia, Ts.Elbegdorj, is to return from Shanghai,
China after his successfully attendance of the 4th Conference on Interaction
and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) on May 20th and 21st.
The 4th Conference
on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) conducted under
the theme of increasing dialogue, mutual trust and collaboration to build a new
Asia was chaired by China`s President, Xi Jinping.
During the
conference, President Ts.Elbegdorj had talks with neighboring leaders, Chinese
President Xi Jinping and Russian President V.Putin.
At the meeting
with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 20th, the two counterparts had talks
over bilateral relations on politics and economy, opportunities for enhancing
Mongolia-China ties as well as regional cooperation. President Ts.Elbegdorj
then called on China`s support for Mongolia`s bid to join APEC and invited
Chinese leader Xi Jinping to make an official visit to Mongolia, adding that
“the visit would elevate the bilateral relations between Mongolia and China to
new level.”
On May 21st,
during the meeting with Russian President V.Putin, President
Ts.Elbegdorj invited President Putin to the Khalkh Gol anniversary battle
celebration in Mongolia and also proposed a suggestion to hold three-party
negotiations on railway and transit shipments in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Related:
President
Returns Home Today – Montsame,
May 22
Mongolia’s Credit Rating in Review
May 22
(Mongolian Economy) As the economy shows subtle signs of decline over the past
several months, it is important to look at the credit ratings offered by the
Big Three – Standard & Poor’s (S&P), Moody’s, and Fitch Group. These
three credit rating agencies hold a global market share of approximately 95%
collectively, making their ratings a reliable source to seek the stability of
the Mongolian economy. While each agency creates their own set of rules for
allocating certain ratings, it is useful to take into account of all three to
see where Mongolia stands in the global market.
According to
S&P, Mongolia received a rating of B+ indicating a stable economy. The
rating shows that the economy is somewhat vulnerable to adverse business as
well as financial and economic conditions. However, Mongolia still has the
capacity to meet financial commitments, expressing the relative opinions of
creditworthiness of an issuer or credit quality of the nation.
Moody’s offered
Mongolia a credit rating of B1, which shows stability, keeping in consistency
with the rating provided by S&P. A rating of B1 in the long-term means that
Mongolia is perceived as being speculative with a high credit risk. In the
short-term, it shows that it is not prime, meaning it cannot be determined with
accuracy whether or not the nation has the ability to repay short term
debt.
Lastly, the
Fitch Group rating gives Mongolia a score of B+, which means that the financial
situation varies noticeably. While this indicates the country is in the
negative spectrum of things rather than being classified as stable, it is
important to note that its ratings fall into sync with the other credit rating
agencies.
Based on
Mongolia’s credit ratings, the darling of the global investment community not
so long ago, still has the capacity to improve in terms of meeting financial
commitments. While the country is still developing over time, the ratings give
insight into the stability of the country and to see that Mongolia stands in
the middle of the global economy with a vast amount of improvements to
make.
Government of Mongolia Decides to Finance Projects That
Aim to Increase Export Outputs by Purchasing Government
Securities
May 22
(infomongolia.com) At the regular Cabinet meeting held on May 21, 2014, it was
resolved to allocate 100 billion MNT (Tugrug) by purchasing Government
Securities to finance projects that aim to replace import and increase export
outputs.
The fund will
be allocated to those projects each requests up to 2 billion MNT from
commercial banks and will be financed through Small and Medium Industry
Development Fund, where Minister of Economic Development N.Batbayar is
entrusted to trade the Government Securities and Development Bank Board Members
are permitted to complete the action, moreover, Minister of Labor Ya.Sanjmyatav
will be monitoring the project financing and obliged to control the
implementation.
In the
frameworks of the Government Action Plan, it was cited to support projects that
aim to replace import and increase export outputs, thereby, Government accepted
a total of 131 projects to support and increase export outputs, and 757
projects to replace import products and another 200 projects in the other
fields.
Whereas, 61% of
projects to increase export is relevant to processing animal raw materials and
food industry, and the 30% of projects to replace imports is regarding to
manufacturing of construction materials, and the rest 26% is directed to
increase food industry domestically.
Also, there are
579 projects that each requests financing of over 2 billion MNT that estimate a
total of 341 billion MNT.
Eznis Airways LLC Announces Its Operation Closure Due to
Financial Difficulties
May 22
(infomongolia.com) On May 22, 2014, Mongolia’s national airline Eznis Airways LLC
authorities have made a statement announcing to stop its operation for an
uncertain period of time due to the financial difficulties and the current
situation at the airline industry, which is effective from the date.
The Eznis
Airways LLC airline had been operating since 2006, and in the statement,
officials forwarding its appreciation to their staff, passengers, partners and
suppliers for cooperation and support.
In addition,
the management of the company and the shareholders say the company had done
everything during the last two years to survive, to keep positions of their
employees and most importantly, to serve the public, but they could not
subsidize the financial losses any longer.
The
announcement was made by Chief Executive Officer of Newcom LLC, Mr. Baatar
UNENBAT at the Eznis Airways headquarter today morning.
Speaker Visits MSUE
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) The Speaker of parliament Z.Enkhbold visited the State
University of Education /MSUE/ on Wednesday.
He gave a
lecture themed “Education reform and new tendency” to students and teachers
after having visited an “English Online Training” center and exhibition.
The Speaker
spoke about combination of traditional education system and modern attitude
and advised the gathered to get au fait with a free online training of
"Khanacademy", a non-profit educational website. "Some 500
million togrogs are allotted for translation fee of this website." he
added.
Ending the
meeting, Mr Enkhbold answered the students' questions.
Cabinet Meeting in Brief
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) The cabinet on Wednesday decided to submit to
parliament a decision on proposed amendments to a parliamentary resolution on
inclusion of certain deposits to the list of strategic minerals deposits.
- The cabinet
also agreed to submit to parliament a draft law on ratification of the loan
agreement for Payment system modernization project between the Government
of Mongolia and the Asian Development Bank.
- The cabinet
approved a seven million euro financing for equipment renovation and human
resources capacity building project of the State first clinic which will be
carried out under the Intergovernmental Financial Collaboration Treaty between
Mongolia and Austria.
- A pact was
approved to join the Global Green Growth Institute as a member state, which was
signed by Environment and Green Development Minister S.Oyun in Songdo, South
Korea on June 9 of 2013.
Health Minister Delivers Speech at World Health Assembly
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) Mongolia’s Minister of Health Ms N.Udval has delivered a
speech themed “Climate change and health” at the sixty-seventh session of the
World Health Assembly (WHA) which kicked off May 19 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ms Udval
underlined an importance of having people and medical staffers gain knowledge
and methods on preventing impact of climate change, on reducing risks and ways
of adaptation.
In the last 20
years, a frequency in Mongolia of natural disasters such as dzud, heavy winds,
floods and droughts has increased five times, she noted. Over 80 percent of
soil has been affected by droughts, 14 thousand square meters' areas have been
affected by fires, moreover, one river or stream out of three has dried up, posing
a danger of water shortage in the country, the Minister emphasized.
She conveyed an
appeal of the Mongolian President to the gathered to approve the Development
Agenda beyond 2015 for ensuring water safety. The Mongolian leader Ts.Elbegdorj
had sounded his appeal during a participation in the 2014 World Economic Forum
in Davos, Switzerland.
Mongolia’s Flag Rises in Jakarta’s Sky
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) The Embassy of Mongolia in Indonesia has agreed with the Mega
Kuningan district administration to rise the national flag of Mongolia at the
ceremonial gate of the district.
Our national
flag was risen there for the first time on May 19, to become a pleasant add to
flags of Indonesia, China, Thailand, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Qatar
and Kuwait.
The Embassy of
Mongolia was set up on May 12 in Mega Kuningan district of Jakarta, where the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations is located neighboring nearly twenty
foreign embassies.
Department Head of Health Minister at WHA Committee Meeting
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) Representing the government of Mongolia, a head of the Health
Ministry’s Department of Monitoring and Domestic Audit S.Togsdelger took part
in a debate on World Health Organization’s (WHO) reforms which ran Wednesday
within the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
Noting that
Mongolia’s government backs a course of the reforms in the WHO, Togsdelger
said Mongolia has appreciated the WHO Secretariat's upgrading correlation
among the WHO regional committees, the Executive Committees and the Assembly.
In order to
plan a programme of the WHO and to allocate reserves to countries, the
Mongolian delegate highlighted an importance of focusing on the number of
low-income and vulnerable people in a country instead of considering the
classification of the countries as rich, poor and middle-income. He cited a
speech of the WHO Director-General Ms Margaret Chan, saying that the number of
those rich and high income nations that full of poor people will be still high
in case of not augmenting the budget for health sector despite a high economic
growth.
For these
reasons, he proposed utilizing the equality indicator as an independent
indicator for evaluating countries’ rates.
Standing Committee Runs Online Meeting with Ambassadors
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) Members of the Standing committee on security and foreign
policy had Wednesday an online meeting with Mongolian Ambassadors residing in
foreign countries.
The meeting was
organized in connection with the establishment of a working group responsible
for scrutiny over implementation of the national security and foreign policy
principles. It was attended by the chief of the working group D.Demberel MP,
members R.Amarjargal and B.Bolor MPs, together with 13 Ambassadors of Mongolia.
Mr Demberel
asked the Ambassadors to share views on urgent matters, before noting the
establishment of a collaboration agreement with the European Union on issues
regarding "Third neighbor" nations. He also complained about the lack
of integration in the foreign policies and asked the Ambassador to brief on
their activities aiming at protection of rights of students studying abroad.
After the
working group leader, B.Bolor MP asked the Ambassadors to update actions taking
place under goals to make the foreign policies more economy-oriented.
Ambassador of
Mongolia to Japan S.Khurelbaatar talked about difficulty in entering the
Japanese market, due to Japan’s overwhelmingly dominant domestic supply to its
own market and lower quality of Mongolian products. He then gave pleasant news
that one thousand more Mongolian students will be granted scholarships of the
Japanese Government to study in Japan.
For making the
foreign policies more economy-oriented, the Embassy receives many offers from
foreign investors, but keeping firm contact with relevant authorities in
Mongolia is not always easy, said Ambassador of Mongolia to Sweden Z.Altai.
Mother language
learning of Mongolian children growing in foreign countries has become a
significant problem, said Ambassador of Mongolia to Hungary T.Gandi, noting
that her request for online mother language lessons for these children has not
been answered by the Education and Science Ministry of Mongolia.
Health Minister Meets Vice Minister of Turkey
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) The Minister of Health N.Udval Wednesday met with Dr Erkem
Atbakan, the First Vice Minister of Health of Turkey within the 67th session of
the World Health Assembly (WHA) running in Geneva, Switzerland.
During the
meeting, the sides touched upon an issue of developing the Mongolia-Turkey
collaboration in reducing a consumption of alcoholic beverages, and then
concurred to analyze this matter.
The WHA will
continue until May 24.
The WHA is the
supreme decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO
Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive
Board. The main functions of the WHA are to determine the policies of the
Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and
review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held
annually in Geneva.
Ransnational Bicycle Travelers to Begin Journey from Baruun-Urt
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) Initiated by Sh.Enkh-Amar, a head of the Shiliin Bogd bicycle
travelers club, a so-called ‘Friendship’ bicycle tour is planned to kickoff in
eastern Baruun-Urt town on June 1.
Mr Enkh-Amar
dedicates this tour to the 20th anniversary of his all-country bicycle tour.
Taking start from Baruun-Urt, bicyclists will cover 2,100 km here and 1,500 km
in Russian Buryatia. The tour team includes experienced bicyclists from
Mongolia and Russian Buryatia.
Eznis Airways LLC Announces Its Operation Closure Due to Financial Difficulties
May 22
(infomongolia.com) On May 22, 2014, Mongolia's national airline Eznis Airways
LLC authorities have made a statement announcing to stop its operation for an
uncertain period of time due to the financial difficulties and the current
situation at the airline industry, which is effective from the date.
The Eznis
Airways LLC airline had been operating since 2006, and in the statement,
officials forwarding its appreciation to their staff, passengers, partners and
suppliers for cooperation and support.
In addition,
the management of the company and the shareholders say the company had done
everything during the last two years to survive, to keep positions of their
employees and most importantly, to serve the public, but they could not
subsidize the financial losses any longer.
The
announcement was made by Chief Executive Officer of Newcom LLC, Mr. Baatar
UNENBAT at the Eznis Airways headquarter today morning.
Related:
Eznis
Airways suspends its operations – business-mongolia.com,
May 22
Mongolia’s Three Proposals Initiated Included in Shanghai Declaration, Says President Ts.Elbegdorj
May 22
(infomongolia.com) On Wednesday, May 21, the President of Mongolia Mr. Tsakhia
ELBEGDORJ gave an interview to Mongolian reporters accompanied him in the
Fourth Summit of the CICA held in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China on
May 20-21, 2014.
Mr. President, how do you see the
highlights of the Summit and what the Mongolia’s role in the CICA?
This is a
high-level Summit being organized once in four years and being enlarged in
terms of participants and its significance. At this year’s event,
representatives from 47 states have participated. Most notably, Mongolia’s
three initiations forwarded were adopted and included in the Shanghai
Declaration following the Summit.
First,
“Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on Northeast Asian Security” that aims to bring a
mechanism to enhance bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the countries
of Northeast Asia and in pursuit of long term goals for regional peace and
stability. In this regard, Mongolia to host a multilateral meeting in its
capital city of Ulaanbaatar in upcoming June.
Second,
Mongolia’s initiation of its nuclear-weapon-free status was greatly supported
by attendees and was included in the Declaration.
Third,
Mongolia’s proposal initiated in 2006 regarding the signing of the
Intergovernmental Agreement on establishing an International Think Tank for
Landlocked Developing Countries in Ulaanbaatar was also included.
In Shanghai, you have held a separate
meetings with two neighboring Presidents, would you please share your opinions.
Mongolia’s
priority issue of foreign policy is equally to develop its partnership with our
two neighbor countries. The meeting with the President of the People’s Republic
of China, Mr. Xi Jinping was conducted in a friendly atmosphere. However, it
was planned to have a meeting in a half of hour, but was prolonged up to two
hours and ten minutes that means a lot and we have exchanged views on many
issues.
The meeting was
also concluded successfully with our northern neighbor’s President Mr. Vladimir
Putin, afterwards we have reached a consensus to resolve some issues together.
This means some important bilateral agreements would be established.
Where many
issues are needed to resolve and most of these are not relevant bilateral
affairs, it regards trilateral issues, in other words, Mongolia’s active
participation is required between the three countries. Therefore, I and the President
V.Putin agreed to form a joint working group on some tasks.
Following the
Shanghai Summit, Prime Minister of Mongolia N.Altankhuyag is heading for Saint
Petersburg, Russia to conduct an official visit, where he will be meeting with
the state head of the Russian Federation to affirm negotiations discussed here.
Besides,
President V.Putin promised to arrange meeting for Mongolian delegates with
Russian high-level authorities in St.Petersburg and Premier N.Altankhuyag is
also invited to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014.
Moreover,
President V.Putin underlined that Mongolia is a key territory for railway
transit transportation, which means as same as our country’s position and it is
very significant in terms of economic benefits.
50th anniversary celebrated here
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) Dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties
between Mongolia and Switzerland and the 10th anniversary of the Representation
establishment of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation /SDC/ in
Mongolia, an event of honor ran at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wednesday.
It has been
co-organized by L.Bold, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by Mr Jean-Jacques
de Dardel, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to
Mongolia. Among the gathered were members of the government and parliament,
delegates of the Diplomatic Corps in the UB city and Swiss-collaborative
organizations of education, culture, art, sciences, trade and business sectors,
and a Director-General of the SDC.
A photo
exhibition about Mongolia and Switzerland opened, it will be on display on the
Chinggis Square until May 24.
In recent
years, the sides have paid mutual visits, for example, the President of
Mongolia and the Foreign Affairs Ministry to this country, and the Vice
President of Swiss Confederation and the President of the National Council to
Mongolia.
Mongolia and
Switzerland established diplomatic relations May 22 of 1964.
Foreign Minister meets Hugo Swire
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) The Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold Thursday received
visiting Mr Hugo Swire, the Minister of State for the Foreign Office of the
United Kingdom.
The dignitaries
exchanged views on the Mongolia-Britain bilateral relations, international and
regional issues, including the Korean Peninsula, a current crisis in Ukraine
and a matter of Afghanistan.
In a scope of
the two-day visit, Mr Swire will visit the Oyu Tolgoi mine, becoming the first
British Minister to leg this site.
Mr Swire said:
“The Foreign Secretary’s visit to Mongolia last year was testament to the
importance we place on our partnership with Mongolia. We were the first western
country to establish relations with Mongolia in 1963, and in 2013 we celebrated
fifty years of diplomatic relations. They remain as strong now as they were at
the start."
"I look
forward to working together on international issues around security, defense
and economic growth as well as promoting British business and meeting Chevening
scholars. And I hope in particular to have productive discussions on the future
development of the Oyu Tolgoi mine--a major British investment and a huge
opportunity for Mongolia,” he said.
Vice Speaker receives British Minister
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) A Vice Speaker of the State Great Khural R.Gonchigdorj
Thursday received a delegation headed by Mr Hugo Swire, the Minister of State
for the Foreign Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
Beginning the
meeting, the Vice Speaker thanked Mr Swire and accompanied him delegates for
visiting Mongolia, and emphasized that the countries celebrated last year the
50th anniversary of the Mongolia-Britain diplomatic relations.
Expressing a
gratitude to the Vice Speaker for an audience, Mr Swire highlighted that Great
Britain and Mongolia are possible to intensify the cooperation in all spheres.
Mr Gonchigdorj
said that Mongolia is doing reforms in the court and in law enforcement agency,
and noted a requirement to collaborate with the Great Britain in combating
organized crimes and to study British experience in improving skills of trained
staffers. Mongolia has decided to introduce the Cambridge system in its
educational programme, the Vice Speaker said, and asked Mr Swire for paying attention
to this matter.
Present at the
meeting were Ts.Narantungalag, a head of the foreign relations section of the
Parliamentary Office; O.Batkhand, a head of the press and information section;
and other officials.
Stock exchange news for May 22
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Thursday, a total of 38
thousand and 876 shares of 14 JSCs were traded costing MNT 14 million 642
thousand and 429.30.
"Hai Bi
Oil” /25 thousand and 004 units/, "Genco tour bureau" /11 thousand
and 582 units/, "Baganuur" /1,002 units/, "Remikon" /750
units/ and "APU” /320 units/ were the most actively traded in terms of
trading volume, in terms of trading value--"Hai Bi Oil” (MNT eight million
251 thousand and 320), "Baganuur" (MNT three million 248 thousand and
484), "APU" (MNT one million 165 thousand and 755), "Genco tour
bureau" (MNT 984 thousand and 470) and "Tavan Tolgoi” (MNT 475 thousand
and 040).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 566 billion 068 million 363
thousand and 619. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 15,415.61, increasing by MNT
17.36 or 0.11% against the previous day.
U.S. Officials Discuss Energy Regulation on MNB
May 21 (US
Embassy) A U.S. delegation focused on energy issues and commercial law
development will be featured on a May 29 broadcast of “Open Discussion” on
Mongolian National Broadcaster (MNB).
The delegation,
included Joseph Figueiredo, Program Manager for the Unconventional Gas
Technical Engagement Program (UGTEP), Bureau of Energy Resources, US Department
of State; Joe Yang, Attorney-Advisor in the Commercial Law Development Program
(CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of the General Counsel; and
Barclay R. Nicholson, Partner in the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski
L.L.P., who focuses on business disputes and energy disputes. They
visited Mongolia to discuss best practices and assistance related to laws and
regulation of energy industry.
The delegation,
along with Otgochuluu Ch., Mongolian Ministry of Mining, and Ganbold Da., an
economist, were interviewed by Mongolian National Broadcaster’s “Open
Discussion” program. The panel discussion was titled, “Meeting Mongolia’s
Energy Market Needs: How Much Regulation is Right?” The interview will run on
MNB on Thursday, May 29, at 21:05.
During their
visit to Mongolia, Silk Road Foundation and the U.S. Embassy co-sponsored a
luncheon discussion that featured the visitors. More than 50 people
attended the event to discuss “Challenges of Transitioning to a Truly Free
Market: The Case of Mongolia’s Energy Sector”.
The delegation
was also interviewed by Mongolian National Radio for broadcast on both MNR and
Voice of Mongolia. The guests discussed several U.S. government programs
dealing with assistance on developing commercial laws as well as best practices
in developing laws related to energy and the programs’ potential benefits to
Mongolia.
M.Odgerel to become national draughts champion
Ulaanbaatar,
May 22 (MONTSAME) In the women’s category of the national draughts
championship, M.Odgerel has become the national champion for 2014.
With her
outstanding performance during the championship, a high school pupil Odgerel
achieved the championship title, ahead of the last round to take place on
Friday. She won over B.Nadintsetseg in the tenth round on Thursday.
Odgerel was
named as a rising star when she defeated 12-time world champion Zoja Golubeva
in 12th round of the Women’s World Draught Championship held in Ulaanbaatar last
October.
The competition
of men’s category of the championship is continuing with fierce rivalries among
14 best players of Mongolia. International masters D.Erdenebileg and
G.Ganjargal, who are leading the tournament with 19 points each, will face each
other at the 13th round on Friday. D.Erdenebileg reached the title of the
national championship ten times before, while G.Ganjargal bagged the gold medal
of the championship six times.
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