Mongolia Brief July 25, 2014 Part I
President
met Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister
July 25
(news.mn) President Ts.Elbegdorj met Canada`s Foreign Affairs Minister John
Baird on July 25th.
Mongolia and
Canada both appreciated about two countries have negotiated to sign agreement
to boost cooperation on civil service reform, increase student exchanges, and
investment.
During the
meeting President Ts.Elbegdorj and Canada`s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird
exchanged opinions on regional and international cooperation issues.
This is the
first visit to Mongolia by Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada.
Related:
President
meets Foreign Minister of Canada – Montsame,
July 25
Monument
erected in Moscow for Khalkh River Battle Victory
Ulaanbaatar,
July 25 (MONTSAME) The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia
to the Russian Federation Mr Sh.Altangerel has visited the Monument for Victory
on Khalkh River Battle.
This Monument,
dedicated to the memory of the Victory, has been created in Moscow by a
movement headed by Konstantin Kuksin. Members of the movement operate a mobile
cultural museum in the capital city of Russia.
Mongolia-Japan
Bilateral Relations to Embrace Wider Spectrum of Sectors
July 25
(news.mn) On July 23, 2014, President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
received Leader of the Mongolia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group Mr.
Satsuki Eda. Mr. Satsuki Eda noted that he will continue to enhance
inter-parliamentary relations between the two countries, and emphasized the
importance that the both countries reached an Economic Partnership Agreement in
principle, and expressed support to approve by the Parliament of Japan.
Then, President
Elbegdorj met Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture Mr. Heita Kawakatsu. Shizuoka,
famous for Mount Fuji, cooperates with Mongolia in various sectors. Shizuoka
Prefecture has many processing plants and in recent years, it has expanded
economic cooperation with Mongolia. At the meeting, parties touched upon issues
of education and training of engineers and other personnel in Mongolian coal
industry. President discussed opportunities to set up direct contacts between
Mongolian local authorities and Shizuoka and other Prefectures.
Following this
meeting, President Elbegdorj received Vice Chairman of Friendship Exchange
Council /FEC/ of Japan Mr. Naohiko Ito. Friendship Exchange Council undertakes
surveys to enhance economic cooperation in the region, organizes training and
meeting with the representatives from the public and private sector of a
certain countries to discuss issues related to economy, cultural relations and
partnership.
President
stressed: “Our two countries reach an Economic Partnership and there will be
ample opportunities for cooperation. It is very important to inform the people
of the both countries to take the opportunity. I hope that our cooperation with
the Friendship Exchange Council will be fruitful, on the initiatives of
conducting joint research, project and work”.
Afterwards,
President Elbegdorj received Nikkei Group President Tsuneo Kita. Mr. Tsuneo
Kita invited President Elbegdorj to the annual conference “Future of Asia”. The
conference attracts heads of state and government of Asian countries, famous
politicians, scientists and representatives from the international economic
organizations such as International Monetary Fund. Also, newspaper Nikkei
Weekly had taken an interview from President Elbegdorj.
Special
stamp issue-Tyrannosaurus Bataar
July 25
(news.mn) The state owned “Mongol Post” LLC has released a set of special stamp
featuring Tyrannosaurus bataar. Official First Day of Issue was held at Central
Museum of Dinosaurs on July 24th. A set of postage stamp
issued by Mongol post was dedicated to 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus
bataar. Nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton was returned to
Mongolia following the high-profile prosecution of a Florida paleontologist by
federal authorities in New York after it was sold at a Manhattan auction last
spring for $1.05 million. The First Day Cover of the set and stamp cover
was created by artist Ch.Bat-Erdene and graphic design was made by J.Gankhuyag.
Related:
Stamp
released dedicated to T-Bataar – Montsame,
July 25
Mongolia-Canada
Round Table Meeting held
July 25
(news.mn) Foreign Affairs Minister of Mongolia L.Bold and Canada`s Foreign
Affairs Minister John Baird held a round table meeting on Thursday.
At the meeting
Deputy Mining Minister O.Erdene-Bulgan, State Secretary for Justice Ministry
Ts.Bayartsetseg and officials of Ministry of Economic Development, and Mining
Ministry were presented as guests.
Foreign Affairs
Minister L.Bold had talks with his Canadian counterpart John Baird on current
economic situation in Mongolia, reform government`s main policy, in particular
measures taken in sectors of mining, and investment.
Canada`s
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird exchanged opinions with representatives of
Mongolian national companies and Canadian based Oyu Tolgoi, Centerra Gold,
Major Drilling and Kincora Copper Limited.
Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Canada John Baird Visits to
Mongolia
July 25
(infomongolia.com) At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Mongolia, Mr. Luvsanvandan BOLD, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada and
the Member of Parliament, Mr. John Baird has made his first ever official visit
to Mongolia on July 24, 2014.
Minister for
Foreign Affairs L.Bold noted that Canada is our closest partnering country in
North America which surely includes in our third neighbor policy. At the same
time, Canadian Foreign Minister also highlighted that the long-term
relationship with Mongolia is very important; therefore, the most recent
noticeable approval was made by the Government of Canada to include Mongolia in
the Canadian Foreign Aid Priority List. Also, Mongolia-Canada economic
cooperation shall focus on developing the civil services as well as ensuring
the sustainable economic growth in terms of improving the management skills of
rich mineral resources of Mongolia.
Moreover, both
Ministers delighted to note that the current implementation on strategic
improvement in the fields of urban construction, rural development, police
strength and judiciary reform has been kept going with somewhat higher level at
this stage as through the framework of the 40th Anniversary of Diplomatic
Relations between Mongolia and Canada which was held a year ago in 2013.
Developing the
sphere of Mongolia-Canada trade and investment is the most important issue on
further economic relationship between the two countries; so that, related
bilateral agreement shall be concluded in the near future. Canada is one of the
leading foreign investors in Mongolia and the Government of Canada determined
Mongolia as a top priority country in its “World Market” program.
Minister John
Baird added that Canada will continue providing consistent support to Mongolia
on the country’s safety and security in depth through the ways of joint
military exercises withconsiderably supportive way out. Elsewhere, that’s also important
to develop civil affairs between the two countries which will be the
fundamental aspect for Canada-Mongolia sustainable economic development in the
long run. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia also expressed an
interest to increase the number of Mongolian students to Canada in order to get
obtained world class higher education at the Canadian universities for years to
come.
Mongolian
products to be advertised in Beijing
Ulaanbaatar,
July 25 (MONTSAME) An exhibition named “Imported products-2014” will be mounted
from September 28 to October 8 of 2014 in Beijing to advertise products made by
Mongolian enterprises and companies.
The exhibition
will be organized in accordance with an agreement made during the official
visit of Ulaanbaatar city Mayor E.Bat-Uul to Beijing this June. The Mongolian
side had proposed collaborating in some projects, and the sides agreed to
advertise our products on some 1,000 square meters' area in the biggest
commercial centers of Beijing.
The UB city
municipality is supporting national producers through a budget policy, and has
begun to buy products and services of national companies for urban
services, furnishing and construction works.
Stock
exchange news for July 25
Ulaanbaatar,
July 25 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Friday, a total of 17
thousand and 280 shares of 16 JSCs were traded costing MNT 16 million 145
thousand and 504.80.
"Genco
tour bureau” /10 thousand units/, "Remikon” /2,620 units/, "APU”
/1,757 units/, "Hai Bi Oil” /941 units/ and "Tavantolgoi” /500 units/
were the most actively traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of trading
value--"APU” (MNT six million 852 thousand and 900), "Tavantolgoi” (MNT
two million 500 thousand and 145), "Atar-Orgoo” (MNT one million and 755
thousand), "Gobi” (MNT one million 359 thousand and 125) and "Genco
tour bureau” (MNT 870 thousand).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 610 billion 912 million 944
thousand and 178. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 16,110.35, decreasing by MNT
71.82 or 0.44% against the previous day.
Press
release: Successful rehabilitation must use native species
July 24 (Oyu Tolgoi) - 13,000 Gobi saxaul
seedlings planted so far –
Khanbogd, Mongolia - With high
expectations of environmental management from mining companies, Oyu Tolgoi is
shaping a new approach to rehabilitation, firmly focused on maintaining the
ancient natural environment.
The Mongolian
Gobi has a dry and extreme climate and native plants such as the saxaul tree
have adapted to the harsh conditions over generations. Desert saxaul forests
prevent the movement of sand, creating more favourable conditions for other
plants, livestock and wild animals to flourish.
Oyu Tolgoi
plants saxaul trees in order to restore the landscape, vegetation and
ecosystems of disturbed land back to as natural a state as possible.
In the autumn
of 2013, during the first phase of Oyu Tolgoi’s rehabilitation programme,
10,677 saxaul tree seedlings were planted across 6.34 hectares in the Gunii
Khooloi area of Khanbogd soum. Eighty per cent of the seedlings successfully
survived the winter, with those which had died replanted in the spring, along
with an additional 2,860 seedlings.
B.Altantsetseg, Environmental
Superintendent at Oyu Tolgoi said: “The preparation, planting and care of
saxaul tree seedlings takes a lot of time. First, we collect wild seeds from
the environment, clean and separate them from other seeds, and then dry them.
We prepare seed pots between November and February. Between April and May we
place the seed pots in the planting area and start growing.
“After two summers
and one winter, the young seedlings are transferred from the pots and planted
in the ground. The 10,677 seedlings that were transferred from the pots in the
autumn of 2013 had been planted as seeds in the spring of 2012."
Oyu Tolgoi only
uses native plants in its biological rehabilitation work. But even hardened,
Gobi plants require extreme care and support to survive. The saxaul trees
planted in the fall are irrigated and the soil is strengthened before it
freezes, helping the young plants to survive the winter. By the time they face
the harsh winds of spring, many are strong enough to survive.
Rehabilitation
work relies on local communities to support and participate in the effort. Last
autumn, 28 local herders worked on the programme, which will lead to the
appearance of brand-new, saxaul forests in the Galba Gobi.
Mongolian
shooter qualified for next Paralympics
Ulaanbaatar,
July 25 (MONTSAME) A master of sports and member of the national selected team
for Para-shooting Ganbaatar Zandraa has been qualified to take part in the 2016
Rio de Janeiro Summer Paralympics.
He got this
right after taking a 7th place in the IPC Shooting World Championships which is
continuing in SuhlIn, Germany. He competed in the men’s classic pistol event
and advanced to the final with 524 points.
The IPC
Shooting World Championships is taking place in the Suhl-Friedberg Shooting
Center with participation of 300 sports people from 50 countries, featuring 14
individual and 14 team medal events.
Wrestling
for Golden Grand Prix
Ulaanbaatar,
July 25 (MONTSAME) Wrestlers of our national selected team are competing in the
7th “Golden Grand Prix” international wrestling tournament which kicked off
Friday in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Dedicated to
national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, the Grand Prix tournament has
been participated by some 400 sportsmen from 40 countries.The events are
running in women’s freestyle and men’s freestyle and in Greco-Roman categories
in different weight divisions.
Mongolia is
being represented by B.Ankhbayar (men’s 70 kg), D.Khuderbulga (97 kg), E.Narangerel
(women’s 48 kg), E.Davaachimeg (53 kg), P.Orkhon (55 kg), T.Monkhtuya (60 kg),
B.Odonchimeg (69 kg) and O.Burmaa (75 kg).
The tournament
will last until July 27.
Mongolia
is categorized as a country with medium development
July 25
(Mongolian Economy) The Human Development Index released an updated list for
this year on July 24, 2014 placing Mongolia in the 103rd position for another year.
This index puts together a variety of indicators such as educational levels,
income, and life expectancy to rank countries into different sections of human
development. Through these three dimensions, the Human Development Index can be
calculated by finding the geometric mean of these indices.
This index is
published every year by the United Nations Development Programme and serves to
measure as accurately as possible the levels of human development in each
country. The four categories are as follows: (1) Very high human development;
(2) High human development; (3) Medium human development; and (4) Low human
development. With Mongolia’s ranking at 103, it is categorized as a country
with medium human development.
The two
countries that fulfill the first two spots are Norway and Australia, showing no
change as well. These nations represent very high human development. Rounding
up the bottom of the list is the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Niger,
showing low human development. It is also important to note that the list
Mongolia presides in is also the shortest list compared to the other
three.
TDBM
Launches Its Representative Office in Tokyo
July 25
(infomongolia.com) The Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia has launched its
first ever Representative Office in abroad in the Japanese capital city Tokyo
on July 23rd, 2014.
Most notably,
the launching ceremony of the TDB Representative Office in Tokyo was taken
place during the official of visit of the President of Mongolia to Japan in
which the Governor of the Bank of Mongolia N.Zoljargal, the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Japan S.Khurelbaatar, the
President of TDB Randolph Koppa, the former Chairman and the Commissioner of
the Financial Services Agency of the Government of Japan Ryutaro Hatanaka, the
Senior Managing Director of the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Yoshikawa Eiichi
and other well-known politicians and businessmen have attended respectively.
The TDB
Representative Office in Japan will be the trustworthy financial bridge to
connect the Japanese investors and businessmen to the state-run and private
sectors of Mongolia. Elsewhere, the TDB has become as the first Mongolian organization
which made a bet to support the Mongolian sumo wrestlers in Nagoya Basho 2014
by introducing Mongolia throughout Japan.
Mongolian
Stock Exchange to Use “MSE All” Index
July 25
(infomongolia.com) The Mongolian Stock Exchange (MSE) will start to use the
"MSE ALL" Cumulative Index for a probationary period from July 28,
2014 in its active operation to cover all 221 publicly traded companies on
Mongolian stock market.
The “MSE ALL”
Cumulative Index is being implemented to counterbalance the diversity of
exchange differences and misbalanced volume of stocks to overall active trading
indexes in Mongolian Stock Exchange to measure the real trend value of the Mongolian
stock market.
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