Mongolia Brief July 16, 2014 Part I
Non-Resident
Ambassador of Mongolia to Greece Accredited
July 16
(infomongolia.com) A non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of Mongolia to Greece (Hellenic Republic) Mr. Lkhamsuren DUGERJAV has presented
a Letter of Credence to the President of Greece Mr. Karolos Papoulias on July
09, 2014.
Ambassador
L.Dugerjav conveyed greetings of the President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj to the
State Head of Greece and pledged to take every effort to develop Mongolia-Greece
relations and cooperation in all spheres.
Following the
ceremony, the sides touched upon issues on exchanging top and high-level delegates,
increasing the number of Mongolian students to study in Greece, training
Mongolian young diplomats at the Diplomatic Academy of the Hellenic Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, stimulating bilateral economic, tourism and cultural ties,
promotion of the both countries, and fostering multilateral cooperation.
Newly
accredited Ambassador to Greece, L.Dugerjav was appointed as the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of Bulgaria with
residency in Sofia, who concurrently represents Mongolia in Romania and the Republic
of Macedonia since January 2014 and to the Republic of Moldova since May 2014.
Mongolia and
the Hellenic Republic have established the diplomatic relations on March 03,
1967.
Related:
Mongolian
Ambassador presents credentials – Montsame,
July 16
Mongolia
at ASEM meeting
Ulaanbaatar,
July 16 (MONTSAME) A director of the Policy Planning and Research Department of
the Foreign Ministry and coordinator of the ASEM Northeast Asia group,
Ts.Batbayar attended the ASEM senior officials’ meeting in Brussels on July
9-10.
The meeting
discussed agenda and final document of upcoming ASEM summit “Responsible
Partnership for Sustainable Growth and Security” scheduled in Milan in October
of 2014, as well as matters concerning a preparation for the celebration of the
20th anniversary of ASEM to be marked in 2016.
The Mongolian
delegation also attended a conference themed “ASEM: Partnership for 21st
century” that ran within the above meeting in Brussels on July 8.
Visa
waiver agreement signed for diplomatic passport holders
Ulaanbaatar,
July 16 (MONTSAME) A visa exemption agreement for holders of diplomatic
passports was signed between the Governments of Mongolia and Italy in Rome on
July 14.
Holders of
diplomatic passports of both countries are now able to visa-free travel to each
other up to ninety days within half-year’s time.
The same day,
the Ambassador of Mongolia to Italy Sh.Odonbaatar held a meeting with
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Italy Benedetto Della Vedova to discuss
matters of the bilateral relations and cooperation. The sides also talked about
a meeting of the Mongolian-Italian intergovernmental commission and a
consultative meeting between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries, ASEM
summit to be held in Milan in October of 2014, EXPO 2015, as well as ways of
fostering bilateral ties, including a facilitation of travel conditions for
each other.
Stock
exchange news for July 16
Ulaanbaatar,
July 16 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Wednesday, a total of
12,804 shares of 19 JSCs were traded costing MNT four million 109 thousand and
400.
"Khot
Development” /12,000 units/, "Arig Gal” /510 units/, "Darkhan Nekhii”
/105 units/, "Aduunchuluun” /101 units/ and "Tavan Tolgoi” /35 units/
were the most actively traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of trading
value-"Darkhan Nekhii” (MNT one million 659 thousand), "Arig Gal
" (MNT one million and 70 thousand 490), "Khot Development” (MNT 684
thousand), "Tavan Tolgoi” (MNT 196 thousand) and "Aduunchuluun” (MNT
193 thousand and 415).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 749 billion 37 million 59
thousand and 897. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 17,160.49, increasing by 0.44%
against the previous day.
Stolen
'Nest of Dinosaurs' Returned to Mongolia
July 15 (discovery.com)
More than 18 dinosaur skeletons illegally taken from Mongolia were formally
returned to their homeland last week, U.S. authorities announced.
The fossilized
bones were handed over to Mongolian officials in a repatriation ceremony held
July 10 in New York. "Today, we return a veritable nest of
dinosaurs," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement after
the ceremony.
"This is a
historic event for the U.S. Attorney's Office, in addition to being a
prehistoric event, and we are proud to participate in the return of these
dinosaur skeletons to their rightful home," Bharara said.
The road to
repatriation began two years ago, in 2012, when an auction house in New York
was offering a skeleton of a Tarbosaurus
bataar — an Asian cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex. Mongolian
authorities voiced concern that the specimen had likely been smuggled into
the United States. The 70-million-year-old dinosaur species was native to the
Gobi desert in Asia, and to date, has only been found in modern-day Mongolia.
The Tarbosaurus
sale attracted a bid of more than $1 million, but the suspicions of the
Mongolian authorities sparked a long legal battle and federal investigation.
U.S. authorities froze the sale, and after a lengthy custody battle, the
specimen was returned to
Mongolia in May 2013.
Eric Prokopi, a
self-described commercial paleontologist who imported the dinosaur, pleaded
guilty to criminal charges that he smuggled the skeleton and other fossils into
the United States. In June, Prokopi was
sentenced to three months in federal prison.
The other
Mongolian fossils forfeited by Prokopi during the case were returned in the
July 10 ceremony, including a second Tarbosaurus, oviraptors and skeletons of
the duckbilled, plant-eating Saurolophus angustirostris.
Federal
authorities also returned fossils that had been forfeited by Christopher Moore,
a onetime business partner of Prokopi in the United Kingdom, including a third Tarbosaurus,
skeletons of a rooster-like Gallimimus dinosaur and a nest of fossilized eggs,
all looted from Mongolia.
"The
fossils returned today do not belong in the hands of any private collection or
one owner," James T. Hayes Jr., special agent in charge of Homeland
Security Investigations (HSI) in New York, said in a statement. "They
belong to the people of Mongolia where they will be displayed in their national
museum alongside the Bataar ICE repatriated last year. HSI will not allow the
illicit greed of some to trump the cultural history of an entire nation."
The Mongolian
government made it illegal in 1924 to own or export items of cultural
significance, including dinosaur fossils.
Related:
Repatriation Ceremony of 18
Dinosaur Fossils Derived from Mongolia's Gobi Territory Held in New York City on
July 10, 2014 – infomongolia.com,
July 16
N.Togstsogt
grabs bronze medal
Ulaanbaatar,
July 16 (MONTSAME) Mongolia’s seasoned boxer N.Togstsogt (56kg) grabbed a
bronze medal at the fourth Kazakhstan President’s Cup International Boxing
Tournament in Almaty.
After defeating
opponents in the first two rounds, the Mongolian boxer competed against
Zhanbolat Tilegenuly of Kazakhstan and lost 1:2 at this silver medal match.
Prior to that match, Tilegenuly had surprisingly won over the London 2012
Olympic champion Robeisy Ramirez, Cuba.
Among our nine
boxers only Togstsogt bagged the medal.
These events
traditionally bring together the best boxers in the world–Olympic champions and
winners of Asian Games and European and Asian championships. This year, 104
boxers from 12 countries–Azerbaijan, Iraq, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia,
Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, the Philippines and
Kazakhstan--participated in the events that ended July 13.
Mongolians
at World fencing championship
Ulaanbaatar,
July 16 (MONTSAME) Mongolian fencers are to compete at the 2014 Fencing World
Championship in Kazan, Russian on July 15-23.
The team
includes B.Batkhuu, E.Dolgoon, Ts.Jigjidsuren (men) and B.Gerelmaa, A.Khaliunaa
and B.Tsolmon all to participate in tournaments of epee fencing.
About 700
fencers from 100 countries are expected to come to Kazan to compete for the
title. 42 international and 79 national judges will work at the events.
Our
wrestlers attend Golden Grand Prix
Ulaanbaatar,
July 16 (MONTSAME) Fifteen wrestlers were announced on Wednesday to participate
in the July 25-27 Final Golden Grand Prix international tournament in Baku,
Azerbaijan.
The Mongolian
team includes E.Narangerel (48kg), E.Davaachimeg (53kg), P.Orkhon (55kg),
Monkhtuya (60kg), B.Odonchimeg (69kg) O.Burmaa (75kg) in women’s categories,
and B.Ankhbayar (70kg) and D.Khuderbulga (97kg) in men’s categories.
The Golden
Grand Prix particularly chooses winners and medalists of world high-level
contests such as the World Championships and Continent Cups and Grand Prix.
Winners of
every weight category will be awarded 10 thousand USD, silver medalist will be
granted five thousand USD and bronze medalists--two thousand USD.
Mongolians have
won five silver and four bronze medals in previous editions of the Golden Grand
Prix, for example, E.Sumiya, T.Monkhtuya and B.Odonchimeg bagged two silver and
one bronze in Baku last year.
Museum
to be created on remains of Kharkhorum monastery
Ulaanbaatar,
July 16 (MONTSAME) A monastery of the Mongolian ancient capital Kharkhorum will
be restored.
A mutual
understanding memorandum about it has been signed by the Culture, Sports and
Tourism Minister Ts.Oyungerel and the German Archeological Institute's
president Friederike Fless.
The remains of
the monastery will be renovated for the establishment of the open museum. The
sides have also agreed to cooperate in restoring cultural heritage, furnishing
an exhibition hall, and preparing specialists. The museum project is to be
completed late 2015.
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