Mongolia Brief June 4, 2014
Minister L.Bold meets with Russian Deputy FM
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The Minister of Foreign Affairs L.Bold Wednesday received Mr
I.V.Morgulov, the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Russia.
The Minister
and Mr Morgulov noted that the ties between our countries have been developing
intensively recently and exchanged opinions on the actions planned by the two
sides for this year.
This meeting
ran on fields of the June 3-4 visit to Mongolia of Mr N.Patrushev, the
Secretary of the Security Council of Russia.
Russia’s Security Council Secretary calls press conference
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) Paying the June 3-4 official visit to Mongolia, the Secretary
of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Mr N.P.Patrushev Tuesday
called a press conference in the State House about his visit.
The head of
Mongolia’s National Security Council (NSC) Mr Ts.Enkhtuvshin emphasized that
the meetings of Mr Patrushev with our President, Prime Minister and authorities
of the NSC were successful, at a level of mutual trust. He said the two
sides had exchanged views on the Mongolia-Russia economic relations and on the
security matters, and had touched upon several vital issues such as hosting a
high-level Mongolia-Russia-China meeting in Ulaanbaatar and expanding of the
military-technical cooperation.
Mr Patrushev
said he is satisfied "with Mongolian side's readiness to establish a
mutual visa-free agreement", and hoped that this decision would activate
the inter-citizen ties. He also underlined a requirement for the two countries
to collaborate in ensuring the security in the region, saying he is happy to
revive the bilateral ties in the security.
Mr Patrushev
was accompanied by the group consisting of some 20 officials including a Deputy
Minister of Domestic Affairs and a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Premier meets UN representative
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag received Tuesday Mr Gyan
Chandra Acharya, the United Nations High Representative for the Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.
The Premier
expressed a pleasure for a successful realization of Mongolia’s initiative on
landlocked countries. As one of the landlocked, developing member-states of the
UN, Mongolia put forward several initiatives aiming at development chances and
overcoming challenges of these countries, and hosted international consultative
meetings of such countries in 2007 and 2011, he noted.
This year, an
international research center for landlocked developing countries has recently
been established under initiative of Mongolia, he went on. The center will
function to reflect issues of the landlocked, developing countries to the
post-2015 Development Agenda of the UN.
Having 30%-50%
more transports spending compared to others, these countries have particular
missions to find rational solutions for trade facilitation and easier transit
transports. Mongolia, for example, spends 6.2% of its GDP for transit
transports.
Premier meets N.P.Patrushev
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag Tuesday met with Mr
N.P.Patrushev, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Mr Patrushev
expressed thanks to Mongolia for its active participation in the international
security consultation annually organized at initiative of Russia.
The Premier
noted that last month, he shared views with the President of Russia Vladimir
Putin on the further cooperation between the two countries including upgrading
exploitation of the joint railways, building Russia-China gas pipelines through
Mongolian territory and visa-free agreement. Then he expressed a hope that Mr
Patrushev would be focusing an attention on these issues.
The visit of Mr
Patrushev will continue until Wednesday.
Cabinet meeting runs
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) At its irregular meeting on Tuesday, the cabinet discussed a
draft resolution of parliament on ensuring implementation of the state policy
on railway transportation.
Earlier, this
resolution had been withdrawn from parliament, and will be submitted to
parliament again.
- The
government backed 888 projects on replacing import products out of 1,151
offered, and classified the selected ones into two groups--requiring 2 billion
togrog and more.
The meeting
decided to allot MNT 100 billion for financing those asking for up to two
billion from the governmental capital earned from stock sales. The Minister of
Economic Development and a representing leading council of the Development Bank
of Mongolia (DBM) were authorized to give the money through a fund for small-
and middle-sized development.
Justice Minister to meet Russian officials
June 4
(news.mn) The Justice Minister of Mongolia, Kh.Temuujin, is to meet Russian
officials at 11.00 am today.
At the meeting
the Justice Minister will have official talks with the Russian State Secretary,
Deputy Minister of the Interior, Igor Zubov; Deputy Justice Minister, Dmitry
Aristov; First Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Drug Control,
Vladimir Kalanda; and senior officials of Russian Embassies in Mongolia.
Related:
Justice
Minister meets Russian Ministers – Montsame,
June 4
Transport Minister receives UN Representatives
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) Transport Minister A.Gansukh received Tuesday representatives
of the United Nations (UN).
The guests were
Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya, UN High Representative for the Least Developed
Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States,
and UN Development Program Resident Coordinator Ms Sezin Sinanoglu.
Mr Gansukh said
Mongolia, a landlocked country, has been paying special attention to
development of sea transport and trade, before referring to its experiences in
sea transports, which include a decade of the national flag hiring to
Singapore’s ships, and 23 years since establishing a treaty on transit
transport with its two neighbors.
He also noted
that Mongolia recently concluded a trilateral treaty on sea and transit
transports with China and Russia, which has been regarded as a great
achievement for the landlocked country, and added that Mongolia reached an
agreement with S.Korea on establishment of a sea transport company and training
of sailors.
The Government
is striving great efforts for comprehensive development of railways,
infrastructure, reconstruction, and transit transports, the Minister noted and
requested a support from the UN in all those efforts, including enhancement of
legal environment to properly regulate issues of sea transport, trade taxation
and ship hiring.
Mongolians participate in high-level events in Singapore
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) A delegation led by Ts.Bayarsaikhan, the Minister of
Construction and Urban Development, are taking part in several meetings in
Singapore.
These days are
being run the Asia Pacific Infrastructure Ministers Meeting, the World Cities
Summit-2014 and the International Water Week 2014. The participants of the
high-level meetings are 20 thousand delegates such as Ministers from 40
countries, city governors from 130 countries, authorities of international
organizations, governmental officials, production and technological experts and
businessmen.
Our delegation
consists of E.Bat-Uul, the Mayor of Ulaanbaatar city; Ms B.Delgermaa, the
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Singapore;
officials from the City’s Administration and the Mongolian Union of Cities.
At the World
Cities Summit, the Minister Bayarsaikhan delivered “Urbanization in next
decade-Challenges and opportunities” report, then he met with Ms Aisa Kirabo
Kacyira, the Secretary-General of the UN-Habitat, to share views on
collaborating in drawing up a general project on acclimation and urbanization
development of Mongolian population.
The Mayor
Bat-Uul attended a granting ceremony of the Lee Kuan Yew Prize which went to
China’s Suzhou city. After this, he met with Ma Bou Tan, a parliament member of
Singapore.
On Tuesday, the
Ambassador Delgermaa participated in a discussion titled “Ensuring women’s
equal participation and management at decision-making level”.
State Secretary works at '11 11' Center
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) During an interview given to the "11 11" Center,
created at the government, the Industry and Agriculture Ministry's State
Secretary Kh.Zoljargal give details on agricultural development.
This year,
Mongolia has sown grain in 286.6 thousand ha, potatoes in 10 thousand ha, other
vegetables in 5.5 thousand ha and oil-yielding crops in 65 thousand ha, he
said. Nationwide, 16.1 million heads of domestic animals (sheep, goat, horse,
cow and camel) gave birth to healthy youngsters, he added.
A 9,200 ton out
of 14 thousand 546 ton of stocked meat has been sold, that means there is a
meat stock enough until the Naadam Festival (July 11), he went on.
The Government
is implementing selective farming policies for meat, milk and wool production,
with promotion of mechanization and technology introduction in agronomy, and
construction of vegetable storehouses, Mr Zoljargal noted. In these efforts,
the Government is to allot 270 billion togrog for wool, cashmere, milk
production and farm, greenhouse construction, and 140 billion togrog for hive
and leather manufacturing.
Online meeting held with governors of aimags
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag gave details about
governmental works being done within the 100 days of intensifying economy to
governors of provinces during a monthly online meeting with all aimags'
authorities.
He suggested
that the governors buy Mongolia-made products as much as possible and minimize
a consumption/usage of unnecessary imported things.
Mentioning that
888 projects on import substitution industrialization have been backed by the
government to finance, the Premier denied an advertisement of a sale of one
selected project. “There are 579 projects asking for 7.8 million-2 billion
togrog. The cabinet has decided to finance them from the fund for small- and
middle-sized production. One billion togrog will be transmitted to the fund of
each aimag and the city’s districts for developing the small- and middle-sized
business," Mr Altankhuyag said, adding that the capital must be exploited
for financing the projects.
The Premier
also talked about the “Street” project, thermal power stations to be erected in
nine aimags, a “New soum” project for 16 soums, construction of paved-roads to
connect Ulaanbaatar and centers of four aimags, and building of apartments with
1,000 flats in aimags. He obliged the rural authorities to pay great attention
to these works.
Foreign Minister of UAE visits
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) Mr Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan paid an official visit to Mongolia June
3-4.
The Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Mr L.Bold held official talks with his counterpart
and exchanged views with him on the bilateral economic ties and cooperation.
The Mongolian
side expressed a willingness to develop the cooperation with the UAE in
concrete directions, to set up a joint intergovernmental commission, to
boost the economic ties especially in the mining, oil and infrastructure
fields. These proposals were positively accepted by the UAE.
This is the
first visit paid at FM level since the countries established the diplomatic
relations in 1996.
President meets UAE Foreign Minister
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The President Ts.Elbegdorj Wednesday received Mr Abdullah bin
Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), who paid an official visit here June 3-4.
The President thanked
the UAE FM for visiting Mongolia and noted that the bilateral relations and
cooperation have been enhancing in recent years.
Previous
Presidents of Mongolia visited UAE in 2001 and 2007, some Minister have paid
visits as well, and the Cabinet members of the UAE have visited Mongolia,
"and all this significantly contributed to the bilateral relations and
cooperation," Mr Elbegdorj underlined.
The dignitaries
stressed that the two countries can expand their cooperation in trade and
economic spheres.
Mr Elbegdorj
conveyed his greetings to the President of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin
Sultan Al Nahyan.
UN Resident Coordinator delivers speech at int’l workshop
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident
Representative to Mongolia Ms Sezin Sinanoglu made the opening remarks at the
high-level international workshop on "WTO agreement on Trade facilitation
implications for LLDCs" which ran June 2-3 in Ulaanbaatar.
Ms Sinanoglu
congratulated the government of Mongolia, the OHRLLS and the International
Think Tank for LLDCs for organizing this very important workshop, and said
"the workshop’s focus is the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation",
and delivered some additional thoughts on trade and human development.
"It is
widely recognized that international trade and investment play an important
role in reducing poverty and enhancing human development by helping raise
productivity, generating employment and boosting economic growth. However,
LLDCs are unable to fully benefit from global trade and continue to fare poorly
in comparison with their maritime neighbours on both economic and human development
outcomes," she said.
She underlined
that much has been said about what LLDCs require to break the barriers and more
will be discussed, and highlighted four other considerations:
"First and
foremost: to be able to trade, you need to have a good product to sell. The
product needs to be of good quality, up to international standards and
competitively priced. No matter how many agreements a country has, how much
infrastructure it has established, unless it has something worth selling--its
trade will be limited. Many LLDCs rely on exports of a few commodities--they
need to innovate and diversify their economies. At the end of the day it is
small businesses producing a variety of goods that will create jobs and bring
people out of poverty. And, unless there is an analysis of the market and the
value chains for that product, their success in getting the goods to
international markets will be limited - regardless of any other investment in
trade.
"Second:
trade needs to be integrated into countries' larger national development policy
and planning efforts. It needs to be integral to the broader development
objectives of poverty reduction and human development. There need to be clear
linkages and targets to ensure improved trade indeed results in human
development gains. Similarly, trade will need larger institutional and
administrative reforms, for instance to ensure streamlining border management
practices and procedures.
"Third:
there is a need for alliances that work together. This block of LLDCs is an
excellent one, but there are many more that can be established. LLDCs need to
be leaders for regional and global integrations efforts. There is also room for
other innovative alliances, such as those between cities - especially those
that share borders in neighboring countries and would jointly benefit from
trade. Innovative alliances such as those among cities that can broker
partnerships among businesses and trade should be welcome and encouraged.
"Finally,
there is a need for research, innovation, knowledge and an evidence base of
what works and what does not--all with the goal of developing stronger
negotiating positions, helping guide trade, transit and transport agreements
and reduce non-tariff barriers," she said, adding that the LLDC
International Think Tank based on Ulaanbaatar can play a major role in this.
"The idea
of setting up a Think Tank had emerged because of a felt need to strengthen
analytical capability of the LLDCs to assess their problems, propose solutions,
and coordinate their efforts to negotiate common positions at regional and
global forums. There is considerable variation within the LLDCs and countries
can learn from each other, and the Think Tank can be a great conduit to promote
the exchange of such experiences and best practices.
"I am particularly
happy to be present at the first big event being organized by the International
Think Tank for LLDCs which was formally launched by the United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon together with Mongolia's Foreign Minister in
Ulaanbaatar in 2009. UNDP is a partner to the Think Tank and supports both its
aspirations to provide services to the global LLDC community and in translating
that knowledge to actionable policies for Mongolia," she said.
Ms Sinanoglu
thanked the government of Mongolia for making the significant cash investment
into the LLDC Think Tank--the first such government cost sharing
contribution.
Large
Group of Latvian Businesses Accompanies President Andris Berzins to Participate
Mongolia-Latvia Business Meeting in Ulaanbaatar
June 4
(infomongolia.com) The President of the Republic of Latvia, Mr. Andris Berzins
is conducting a state visit to Mongolia next week and in the frameworks,
Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI) in collaboration
with the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) are organizing
Mongolia-Latvia Business Meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Ulaanbaatar on June
12, 2014.
At the
Mongolia-Latvia Business Meeting, Latvian side expressed to participate with its
representatives from 37 companies and entrepreneurs of 49 SMEs.
Related:
Mongolia-Latvia
business meeting to run – Montsame,
June 4
Stock exchange news for June 4
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Wednesday, a total of 16
thousand and 089 shares of 31 JSCs were traded costing MNT 33 million 637
thousand and 355.00.
"APU”
/4,032 units/, "Hermes center" /4,000 units/, "Remikon” /2,720
units/, "Moninjbar" /1,276 units/ and "E-trans logistics” /1,150
units/ were the most actively traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of
trading value--"APU” (MNT 14 million 582 thousand and 825),
"UB-BUK" (MNT four million and 320 thousand), "Darkhan nekhii"
(MNT two million and 914 thousand), "Shivee ovoo” (MNT one million 590
thousand and 140) and "Avto impex” (MNT one million 417 thousand and 500).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 573 billion 276 million 442
thousand and 548. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 15,444.87, increasing by MNT
204.75 or 1.34% against the previous day.
Local student is to compete at World Skills Competition
Ulaanbaatar, June
4 (MONTSAME) A student of Polytechnic college of Mining and Energy in
Darkhan-Uul province P.Galbadrakh has earned a right to participate in the
World Skills Competition in 2015 in Brazil.
He became the
first at the "Mongolian Skills-2014" contest which was run by the
Ministry of Labor with aims to improve capacity of educational organizations
and to bring professional skills at international level. The locality's
engineering association organized the contest under the rules of the
"World Skills" competitions for the first time.
At the awarding
ceremony were Ms Ulrike Ebeling, the Permanent Representative of the German
Society for International Cooperation, Mr Jurgen Hartveg, a coordinator of the
natural resource-based program, and D.Altangerel, the CEO of the association.
State hospital gets new ambulance car
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The State Central Third Hospital acquired a fully equipped
ambulance car last week.
This car was
given by a "Japan fund for heart protection" non-government
organization in frames of cooperation between the hospital and the fund,
established in 2002. Since then, the Japanese medical specialists have been
coming to Mongolia two times a year, having performed so far heart surgeries on
eight infants. A first ambulance was given last May.
Provincial health center receives diagnostic apparatus
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) Health center of Darkhan-Uul province got equipped with the
latest “GeneXpert” apparatus for tuberculosis diagnostics on Tuesday.
Some 32 million
togrog for its purchase was covered by the united project for tuberculosis with
a support of “Global Fund” international financing institution that fights
AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
The advanced
technology was accompanied by a set of laptop, software and diagnosing devices
for 2,000 people. Moreover, the center's staffers will be taught methods of
dealing with the hi-tech.
The Xpert is a
cartridge-based, automated diagnostic test that can identify Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (MTB) DNA and resistance to rifampicin (RIF) by nucleic acid
amplification technique (NAAT), especially for multidrug-resistant (MDR)
tuberculosis and HIV-associated tuberculosis.
KFC new branch opens in UB
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The fourth branch of the KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) fast
food chain in Ulaanbaatar has opened near the "Tengis" cinema.
An opening
ceremony took place Wednesday at the new branch with a performance of dancers
and of young people's flash-mob. The branch is to offers the brand new “Movie
set” that contains one cup of popcorn, two cups of french fries, twister and a
burger in two options.
This set also
has a discount for a ticket of the “Tengis” cinema.
B.Chinzorig becomes world military champion
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The Mongolian B.Chinzorig defeated Tuesday Shili Alaa of
Tunisia at the 64 kg final match of the World Military Boxing Championship in
Almaty, Kazakhstan.
In order to
reach the championship title, our boxer defeated world champion Everton Lopez
of Brazil at the preliminary, Russian Rabadan Ismailov at the quarterfinal,
Abdelhak Aatakni of Morocco at the semifinal, and Shili Alaa of Tunisia at the
final match.
Another
medal--a bronze--was grabbed by N.Togstsogt who lost to Fahem Hammachi of
Algeria in the 56kg semifinal match.
Representing
Mongolia, four boxers--N.Togstsogt (56kg), B.Chinzorig (64kg), B.Monkh-Ireedui
(69kg) and J.Otgonjargal (75kg) -- competed at the tournament under coaching of
A.Gantulga.
The tournament
ran in Almaty, Kazakhstan from May 27 to June 3, with participation of best
army boxers of 22 countries such as Columbia, France, Sri Lanka, Brazil, South
Korea, Algeria, Morocco, Germany, Mongolia, Italy, China, Russia, the
Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Iraq and Nigeria.
Best cadet team announced
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The "Mongolia 2" team announced as a champion at
the cadet football championship that was organized by "2050" NGO.
At the
tournament, teams of Mongolia, Russian Buryatia, Kalmykia and Tyva and of
China’s Inner Mongolia competed for the championship title. At the final match,
two teams of Mongolia--"Mongolia 1" and "Mongolia 2"--ended
the full time with a tied score of 1:1. However, the gold medal and the
"Golden Falcon" Cup went to "Mongolia 2", who had goal
advantages in penalty shootouts.
At the bronze
medal match, two Russian teams faced each other, and the medal went to the
Kalmykia team, who defeated the Tyva team with score margin of 3:1.
Russian ballet to be staged
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) The Opera and Ballet Theater is to stage a Russian “Fountain
of Bakhchisarai” ballet by B.Asafyev on June 8.
This four-act
ballet was performed here first in 1956. A tragic story of love and jealousy
made after a romantic poem of great poet Alexander Pushkin. During the Tartar
invasions of Poland Khan Ghirei kidnaps the daughter of a Polish lord, Maria.
In Bakhchisarai, in the harem, the girl cries over her fate, remembers her
former happiness and rejects the love of the Khan. She dies, however, from the
hand of Ghirei's jealous wife. In the final scene Ghirei is seen mourning her
death by the Fountain of Tears which he built for the beautiful Maria.
Actors to take part in ‘Theater Costumes’ event
Ulaanbaatar,
June 4 (MONTSAME) To promote activities of its affiliated agencies, the
Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry is planning to organize an Open Doors
event in Chinggis square on June 8.
At the one-day
event, actors of the State Drama Theater will run an exhibition to inform the
gathered on their performances for 2013-2014. The program also includes a
"Theater Costumes" design show.
President meets Russia’s Security Council Secretary General
June 4
(news.mn) On Tuesday June 3rd President Ts.Elbegdorj received Secretary General
Nikolai Patrushev from the Russian Federation Security Council, who is on
official visit to Mongolia. At the meeting President Ts.Elbegdorj and Security
Council Secretary General Nikolai Patrushev talked over the further development
of bilateral strategic partnership relations and strengthening the national
security of both countries. They also exchanged views on international and
regional issues.
This year there
are celebrations of multiple events for both countries, for example the 75th
anniversary of victory of the Khalkh Gol battle. President Ts.Elbegdorj and
Nikolai Patrushev spoke about the two countries joint celebrations.
Further,
President Ts.Elbegdorj restated that he and Russia`s President V.Putin
discussed holding a Mongolia-Russia-China three-party meeting on transit
transport in Ulaanbaatar during the Conference on Interaction and
Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai.
Foreign Affairs Minister meets Russian Deputy Foreign Minister
June 4
(news.mn) The Foreign Affairs Minister of Mongolia, L.Bold, met the Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Morgulov at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mongolia today, June 4th.
At the meeting,
Minister L.Bold and Russian Deputy Minister Igor Morgulov spoke over extensive
bilateral relations and cooperation between two countries and shared opinions
on the joint celebration events due for this year.
Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Morgulov is accompanying the
Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev who is making an
official visit to Mongolia over June 3rd and 4th.
Value-Added Tax Law
June 4 (Mongolian
Economy) A renewed version of the value-added tax law has been recently
submitted to parliament for further discussion. In most countries that carry
this system, the value-added tax ranges between 5% and 25%. In Mongolia, the
number rests at 10%, indicating a healthy system compared to other countries.
Mongolia is also said to have a one-level value-added tax system.
Currently, 70%
of the world’s population inhabits nations that implement a value-added tax
system. This generates USD 70 trillion each year in taxes, which is equivalent
to 25% of total governmental income.
Going Green in Mongolia
June 4
(Mongolian Economy) Parliament will soon begin to discuss a green development
mid-term programme, called the Green Development Policy by the Ministry of
Environment. This new policy will contain six strategic goals based on a green
development concept that will aim to benefit Mongolia in more ways than one.
These goals hope to involve the general public in order to achieve maximum
benefits.
Mongolia hopes
to create an economy that engages the general public to keep a sustainable
environment as it becomes a more pressing issue as of late. This Green
Development Policy will help Mongolia become a developed country with long-term
sustainable benefits. The programme will occur in two phases. The first phase
deals with the establishment of a solid foundation of green development between
2014 and 2020. The second phase will occur between 2021 and 2030 and will
include the transition of the economy into an age of green development.
SATOB 2014 June Program
June 4
(infomongolia.com) Mongolian State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (SATOB)
has released the 2014 June Program, where the "Chinggis Khaan" opera
by B.Sharav in two acts and six scenes produced by State Merit Servant
L.Erdenebulgan will be staged two times in June 2014.
SATOB 2014 June Program
Sunday, June
01, 05:00 pm, “The Girl with Enamel Eyes” or "Coppelia” ballet by Leo
Delibes
Saturday, June
07, 05:00 pm, “Three Dramatic Characters” opera by B.Damdinsuren and B.Smirnov
Sunday, June
08, 05:00 pm, “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai” ballet by Boris Asafyev
Saturday, June
14, 05:00 pm, “Chinggis Khaan” opera by B.Sharav
Sunday, June
15, 05:00 pm, “Chinggis Khaan” opera by B.Sharav
Saturday, June
21, 05:00 pm, “The Drifting Clouds of Fate” opera by Ts.Natsagdorj
Sunday, June
22, 05:00 pm, “Swan Lake” ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Saturday, June
28, 05:00 pm, “La Boheme” G.Puccini opera by Giacomo Puccini
Sunday, June
29, 05:00 pm, “Spartak” ballet by A.Khachaturian
Secretary of Security Council of Russian Federation N.P.Patrushev Visits Mongolia
June 4
(infomongolia.com) Upon the invitation of the Secretary of the Security Council
of Mongolia Ts.Enkhtuvshin, the Secretary of the Security Council of the
Russian Federation, Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev is conducting a working visit
to Mongolia.
On June 03,
2014, President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj received the Secretary of the Russian
Security Council N.P.Patrushev in the State Affairs Ger Palace and during the
meeting, parties discussed strategic partnership development relations between the
two countries, strengthening mutual cooperation in the security sector and exchanged
opinions concerning regional and international spheres.
This year, the
75th anniversary of the Victory in the Battles of Khalkh River and other remarkable
events are marked, which were mentioned during the meeting to jointly
celebrate.
Also, President
Ts.Elbegdorj noted that he proposed the Russian President Vladimir Putin to
co-organize a Mongolia-Russia-China trilateral dialogue in Ulaanbaatar on
transit transportation issues during the recently held Fourth Summit of the Conference
on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai,
China.
On the same
day, Security Council Secretary N.P.Patrushev was received by Prime Minister of
Mongolia N.Altankhuyag in the Government House, where Foreign Minister L.Bold
and other officials from both sides were present.
During the
meeting Premier N.Altankhuyag touched upon issues discussed with the President
of the Russian Federation V.V.Putin in Saint Petersburg on strengthening
further bilateral partnership including economic issues, in particular,
efficient utilization of Ulaanbaatar Railway joint venture, reciprocal visa
free travel and the issue on construction of natural gas pipeline between
Russia and China through Mongolian territory.
Afterwards,
Prime Minister asked the Russian Security Council Secretary to support Mongolia
on accelerating above mentioned issues.
Some Projects to Replace Import Products and Increase
Exports to Be Financed from Government Securities Traded
June 4
(infomongolia.com) In order to accelerate the Government’s 100 Days Action
Plan, the Cabinet meets twice a week and the irregular meeting was held on June
03, 2014, where the following decisions were issued.
- It was
resolved to submit a rejected bill on “State Policy to Adhere on Railway Transportation”
to the State Great Khural (Parliament) by amending the draft bill that aims to
provide the Policy implementation by carrying out some measures.
- The
Government of Mongolia proclaimed 2014 as the Year of Industrialization under
“Let’s Create in Mongolia” and in the frameworks, it was announced to support projects
with purpose to replace import products and increase exports, thereby 888 projects
were selected that need to finance from proposed 1,151 ones.
In the scope of
financing these projects, it was classified the projects in two groups as
projects request up to two billion MNT (Tugrug) and projects request more than
two billion MNT. It is required a total of 100 billion MNT to finance the first
group projects, where Minister of Economic Development N.Batbayar and Board
Members of Development Bank are entrusted to allocate the necessary fund from
Government Securities traded by transferring into Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Fund’s account.
Landlocked Developing Countries Gather in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
June 4
(infomongolia.com) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia in cooperation
with the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries,
Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)
hosted the High-Level International Workshop on “WTO Agreement on Trade
Facilitation: Implications for LLDCs” in Ulaanbaatar on June 02-03, 2014.
Being the first
major meeting on trade facilitation following the Ninth WTO Ministerial Meeting
that took place in Bali in December 2013, the meeting was aimed to review progress
made in improving trade facilitation and capacity-building in the field of trade
facilitation and trade negotiations in LLDCs, examine the major achievements and
constraints experienced and identify the opportunities presented, with a view
to further advance the goal of fully integrating the LLDCs into the multilateral
trading system.
At the meeting
attended by over 100 delegates representing the Government of Mongolia,
landlocked developing countries, partners, transit countries and international
organizations, opening remarks were delivered by Minister for Foreign Affairs
of Mongolia L.Bold, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the
Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island
Developing States Gyan Chandra Acharya, UNDP Resident Representative Sezin Sinanoglu
and Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia and Chair of the global
coordination bureau of the Group of LLDCs Robert Sichinga.
In his opening
statement, Minister L.Bold stressed that the LLDCs should grow from being
land-locked into being land-linked.
The main
objective of the meeting was to provide LLDCs with better understanding of the
provisions in the Trade Facilitation Agreement and its consequences for LLDCs,
and equip them with the necessary knowledge for designing LLDC country or group
positions on trade facilitation and action plans for implementation;
implementing the commitments resulting from the trade facilitation agreement,
including financing, capacity-building and technical assistance provisions and
how to effectively take advantage of the trade facilitation provisions
available to them.
The event was
also important for introducing International Think Tank for LLDCs, the first
international organization to be setup in Mongolia, and its research papers and
compiling background documents for the next research through identifying
challenges and barriers the LLDCS face in trade and transit transport and
listening to positions of LLDCs.
Closing the
two-day meeting, Minister L.Bold thanked all participants from LLDCs,
development partners, transit countries and United Nations and other
international organizations for their effective and constructive discussions on
the study “WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: Implications on the LLDCs” and
contribution to the success of the workshop. Highlighting that the LLDCs need
to strengthen our common voice to have a broader visibility for the sake of
LLDCs sustainable development and economic growth for next decade, Minister
L.Bold expressed hope that the issues on trade facilitation, transit
transportation, infrastructure, environment, climate change, international and
regional integration and other key issues will be the focus areas during the
Second UN Conference on LLDCs and reflect in the post 2015 Development agenda.
While his stay
in Mongolia, Mr. Gyan Chandra Acharya paid a courtesy call on the Prime
Minister of Mongolia N.Altankhuyag and met with Foreign Minister L.Bold as well
as visited International Think Tank for LLDCs.
Meanwhile,
Robert Sichinga held meetings with Minister L.Bold and Deputy Minister of
Industry and Agriculture Ts.Tuvaan, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Mongolia.
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