Mongolia Brief August 22, 2014 Part I
Mongolian
and Chinese Enterprisers Establish Cooperation Documents
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 21 (MONTSAME) Enterprises of the two countries signed Thursday
cooperation documents in frames of the state visit of Mr Xi Jinping, the
President of the People’s Republic of China to Mongolia.
The “Erdenes
Mongol” LLC and the China Railway Engineering Corporation signed a memorandum
of mutual understanding on establishing a partnership ties of cooperation. The
“Gashuun sukhait” LLC, the Shenhua Group and the China Development Bank (CDB)
signed a general agreement on financing the railway of the Gashuun
Sukhait-Gants mod border checkpoint.
General
agreements on co-implementing project on building two power station of
Aduunchuluun and Nariinsukhait with capability of 300 MWT and 195 MWT was
established between the “Mongol Alt” LLC and the Harbin Electric International
Company Limited; a cooperation contract on a project on constructing 435 km
Tavantolgoi and Khangi auro road--between “Nako” LLC and the China Railway
Construction Corporation Limited; a memorandum of mutual understanding on
constructing the “Erdenetsogt” power station--between the “Erdenetsogt Energy”
LLC and the China Power Engineering Consulting Group; and a memorandum on
realizing a project on deep processing of coal--between the “Khurmen Energy”
LLC and the Kingho Group of Chinese Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.
Moreover, the
“Golden Soya Bean” LLC, the “Khojuuliin ekh” LLC and a China’s dairy production
company signed a cooperation contract; the “Taliin Mongol Group” LLC and the
China’s “Kholonbuir Tourism Group” LLC established a cooperation memorandum.
A cooperation
memorandum was established between the “Unicon Group” LLC and the China’s
“Kholonbuir Nun Ken Group” LLC; and a contract on founding the “Emeelt
progress” LLC to realize a complex project of agriculture--between the “Erdenet
progress” LLC, China’s “Dong Yuan” LLC and the Shandong Ayeshan Group.
Presidents
of Mongolia and China Call Press Conference
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 21 (MONTSAME) After having held official talks, the leader of Mongolia
Ts.Elbegdorj and the President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Mr Xi
Jinping Thursday called a press conference in the State House.
Mentioning that
Mr Xi is paying the state visit here for the first time as the PRC
President, Mr Elbegdorj said the two sides agreed that this visit is a
historical one to fortify a present level of the Mongolia-China friendly
relations and cooperation and to determine the prospects of the ties.
Mr Elbegdorj
noted that the two Presidents held individual meeting and expanded official
talks, exchanging views on many issues and reaching concrete agreements. One of
the vital matters was a signing of the Declaration on forwarding the
bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.
One of its main
principles is to respect each other independence, sovereignty, territorial
integrity, principles of mutual non-aggression, non-use of force or threatening
by force, non-interference in domestic affairs, being equal and
mutually-beneficial, co-existing peacefully, and respecting each other way of
development, Elbegdorj said.
The parties
shall not carry out actions, establish contracts and treaties and join any
alliance or group that will threaten the sovereignty, security and territorial
integrity of other side. They shall not also allow a third country,
organization or group to run such actions in their territories, Mr Elbegdorj
highlighted.
This
declaration designs fundamentals of the Mongolia-China relations, strengthens
an enthusiasm for broadening the bilateral ties, and opens a big opportunity
for tackling any matter equally and transparently, he went on. This document
expresses an extraordinary and historical importance of the state visit of
China’s President, Mr Elbegdorj underlined.
Within Mr Xi’s
visit, the governmental organizations and enterprises of the two countries held
important talks and agreements, and established some 30 contracts, agreements
and memorandums. It expresses a big business content of this visit, the
President said.
Highlighting an
importance of an establishment of the agreement on railway transit
transportation, Mr Elbegdorj said the two countries managed to solve many
issues of opening new gates of seaport and railways, size of loads, period of
agreements and discount. Moreover, the President emphasized he put forward a
proposal to China to create a condition for Mongolia to supply its products to
the Chinese market with the most favored nation status and to supply Mongolian
dairy products to China without taxes and limit in the first turn.
The President
Elbegdorj said the two sides reached agreements to deeply process mineral
products and export them, to develop the infrastructure sector especially the
railway, and to make specific progress in tackling problems in augmenting the
size of transited freight.
The two parties
exchanged views about establishing a general agreement on the energy export and
import, and reached an agreement to make efforts to make a document on it in
2014. In addition, the sides discussed their willingness to increase the
freight size transited by Mongolian territory from Asia to Europe up to 100
million tons by 2020, he went on.
The President
Mr Elbegdorj said he is glad because some cooperation issues especially on the
economic and trade matter were backed by his Chinese counterpart.
“There is no
sector not involved in the bilateral relations. Furthermore, the matters on
justice and law, banking, financing, environment, health, society, education,
construction, humanity and the multilateral issues are in the center of our
attention. It is a pleasure to say that many projects and programmes will be
implemented with China’s participation and support,” Mr Elbegdorj emphasized.
At the end of
the press conference, Mr Elbegdorj said he will share views with his Chinese
counterpart on international and regional matters. "I am pleased to
say that China intends to focus on Mongolia’s goal to become a member of the
APEC," he said.
Mongolia
and China' Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to Be Refined
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 22 (MONTSAME) The President of Mongolia Mr Ts.Elbegdorj and visiting our
country his Chinese counterpart Mr Xi Jinping Thursday signed a joint
declaration to upgrade their comprehensive strategic partnership and set a
target of expanding two-way trade to USD 10 billion by 2020. The document’s
goal is to speed up cooperation in rail and road connectivity, mineral
resources development and processing, and finance and many other areas.
Mongolia and
China established a good-neighborly partnership of mutual trust in 2003 and
elevated the ties to a strategic partnership in 2011. The latest upgrading
demonstrated both sides' great attention to the neighborhood and their will to
push the ties on to a fast track.
As the
declaration says, China agreed to offer sea ports and railway transport access
to the landlocked neighbor and help Mongolia finance a number of projects in
medical care, education, railroad and residential community construction.
Apart from
this, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on setting up an
economic cooperation zone and a deal on currency swap. In addition, China’s
side promised to support Mongolia creating a better environment for attracting foreign
investment and help it joining the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APRC)
mechanism and actively engaging in East Asian cooperation.
The parties
agreed to carry forward economic cooperation for the benefit of both countries
and peoples and realize common development, according to the joint declaration.
All these
agreements will inject fresh impetus into the trade between China and Mongolia,
which stood at 324 million dollars in 2002 but surged to nearly 6 billion
dollars in 2013.
Just as Mr Xi
stressed in a signed article published Thursday with the title of
"Galloping Toward a Better Tomorrow for China-Mongolia Relations,"
neighbors are dearer than distant relatives.
"Mongolia
enjoys vast land and abundant resources. China is growing rapidly and is strong
in capital and technology, making it possible to provide all-round support for
Mongolia in capital, technology, logistics and market," he noted in the
article.
During the
bilateral talks on Thursday by the Presidents, Mr Xi put forward four-point proposal
during talks with his Mongolian counterpart.
First, Mr Xi
called on the two countries to enhance political and security cooperation.
Xi said he is
willing to maintain communication with Elbegdorj through various channels on
major issues of common concern, and invites Elbegdorj to attend a dialogue
among China's partners on the sidelines of the informal leaders' meeting of
APEC due to be held in Beijing in November.
China
appreciates Mongolia's correct stand on issues related to Taiwan and Tibet, and
supports the legislatures, diplomatic bodies, political parties and defense
departments of the two countries to establish and bring into full play the
dialogue and communication mechanisms between them.
Second, Xi
urged the two sides to comprehensively expand practical cooperation.
The Chinese
president asked the two countries to continue making good use of the
inter-governmental cooperation mechanism and realize the goal of lifting
bilateral trade to 10 billion U.S. dollars by 2020.
The two
countries, he said, should expand mining, infrastructure and financial
cooperation, prioritize cooperation on connectivity and major projects, and
strengthen collaboration in such areas as deep processing of mineral products,
new energy, electricity, agriculture and border ports.
They also
should increase the size of currency swap, launch the preparatory work for the
negotiation and signing of a bilateral free trade agreement at an early date,
and vigorously promote the building of cross-border economic cooperation zones,
added Xi.
Third, the
Chinese president urged the two countries to enhance people-to-people
exchanges.
The two sides,
he said, should properly carry out the China-Mongolia Friendly Exchange Year
program, and enhance exchanges and cooperation in such areas as youth, media,
protection of intangible cultural heritage, and the prevention and control of
transnational contagious diseases and desertification.
Fourth, the
Chinese leader called on the two countries to promote cooperation on
international affairs and under multilateral mechanisms.
The two sides,
he said, should continue strengthening coordination and cooperation within the
frameworks of the United Nations, the Asia-Europe Meeting, the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence
Building Measures in Asia.
China supports
Mongolia playing an active role in international and regional affairs, added
the Chinese president.
For his part,
Elbegdorj said the Mongolian side highly values the development of
good-neighborly friendly cooperation with China and regards it as a priority of
Mongolia's foreign policy.
The
establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership indicates that
China-Mongolia relations have entered the best period in history, he said,
noting that he fully agrees with Xi's proposal on enhancing bilateral
cooperation.
China
to Back Mongolia in Joining APEC
Ulaanbaatar,
August 22 (MONTSAME) In a joint declaration, signed Thursday by the Presidents
of Mongolia and People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Chinese side expresses a
willingness to support Mongolia's goal to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) mechanism.
China and
Mongolia have been consistently pursuing peace-oriented foreign policies and
supporting international cooperation aimed at strengthening peace and security,
says the document.
China is
willing to see Mongolia play an active role in East Asian cooperation, and
backs its efforts to participate in an appropriate manner in East Asia Summits
as well as the trilateral cooperation between China, South Korea and Japan, it
says.
The two
countries agreed to enhance communication and coordination in such multilateral
organizations and cooperation mechanisms as the United Nations, the Asia-Europe
Meeting, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Greater Tumen
Initiative. They will further deepen bilateral contact and coordination on
peace, security and development issues in northeast Asia.
According to
the declaration, Mongolia supports China's efforts to restart the Six-Party
Talks, and stands ready to join the cooperation programs within the framework
of the Silk Road Economic Belt initiative and the construction of an Asian
infrastructure investment bank as a founding member.
China voiced
support for Mongolia's proposal to hold a trilateral summit with Russia so as
to further strengthen consultation and cooperation among the three neighbors.
Moreover, China
said in the declaration that it backs the "Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on
Northeast Asian Security" initiative proposed by the Mongolian President.
Mongolia
issues a special stamp for Xi Jinping's visit
August 22
(news.mn) Mongol Post (Mongol Shuudan) has issued a special stamp to
commemorate the state visit of China's President Xi Jinping to Mongolia.
The new stamp was
released in an edition of 10,000.
2014 has been
announced as the Year of Mongolia-China Friendly Exchanges, on the occasion of
the 65thanniversary of diplomatic relations and the 20th anniversary
of the amendment to the China-Mongolia Friendship and Cooperation Treaty.
The visit by
China's President Xi Jinping to Mongolia is praised as a historic visit that
will lead bilateral relations and cooperation between Mongolia and China to a
new level, and expand and define strategic perspectives from both parties.
Related:
Postage
Stamp Printed for Historic State Visit – Montsame, August 22
Presidents
of China and Mongolia Held One-To-One Meeting
August 22
(infomongolia.com) On August 21, 2014, President of the People’s Republic of
China Xi Jinping and his spouse Peng Liyuan were welcomed by President of
Mongolia Tsakhia ELBEGDORJ and his spouse Khajidsuren BOLORMAA at Chinggis
Square, Ulaanbaatar.
At the official
welcoming ceremony, dignitaries inspected a guard of honor, where official
delegates from both parties were present.
After sounding
the national anthems of the two countries, President Ts.Elbegdorj and President
Xi Jinping greeted the guard of honor, officials and public. Then, President Xi
Jinping left a note on the Guest Book in the Government House.
Afterwards, the
two Presidents held a one-to-one meeting in the State Affairs Ger Palace and at
the beginning of meeting, President Ts.Elbegdorj expressed his gratitude that
the President Xi Jinping is conducting his first state visit to Mongolia and
mentioned his previous visit made in June 2008 when he was serving as the Vice
President of China.
President
Ts.Elbegdorj noted this state visit is also being conducted in the frames of
the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and in the
scope of this visit, the two countries’ relations are being promoted into
Comprehensive strategic partnership, which is considered a historical event and
said, “Our good-neighbor relations should be more strengthened”.
During the
talks, President of Mongolia proposed several requests to the state head of
China, underlining to export goods and products manufactured in Mongolia under
tax and volume free terms, especially products of agricultural origins. Also,
to cooperate in coal processing and coal gasification sectors, and to increase
year-to-year the transportation volume of goods from Asia to Europe through
Mongolia territory with aims to reach to 100 million tons by 2020, besides, to
increase the capacity of railway connecting Russia, Mongolia and China.
Moreover, China’s support for Mongolia to become a member-economy of the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
In response,
President Xi Jinping said to study the above proposals and pledged to support
Mongolia for APEC member and invited the President of Mongolia to attend the
APEC Summit to be held in Beijing, China. State Head Xi Jinping also mentioned
possibilities to export cattle and sheep meat including value-added taxes into
Chinese market. Moreover, he expressed China’s readiness to collaborate in coal
sector, to construct a coal-fired power plant and to import energy from
Mongolia. He also emphasized that the Government of China is ready to negotiate
on Russia-Mongolia-China transit freight transportation and possibilities to
develop China-Mongolia-Europe transportation.
While the two
Presidents were meeting, the two First Ladies have also met in the Government
House.
Related:
President Ts.Elbegdorj meets
one-on-one with President Xi Jinping – news.mn,
August 22
Official
Documents Signed between Governments of Mongolia and People’s Republic of China
during State Visit of President Xi Jinping
August 22
(infomongolia.com) Following a one-to-one meeting between the heads of state of
China and Mongolia, President Xi Jinping and President Tsakhia ELBEGDORJ held a
bilateral talk in the Government House on August 21, 2014.
After holding
the bilateral talk, the two Presidents signed on joint declaration of comprehensive
strategic partnership development and were present at the signing ceremonies
between representatives of the two Governments, where the following documents
were inked.
Official
documents signed between the Governments of Mongolia and the People’s Republic
of China
1. Joint
Declaration on the Development of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between
Mongolia and the People’s Republic of China
- Signed by
President of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj and President of the People’s Republic of
China Xi Jinping;
2.
Intergovernmental Protocol on All Bilateral Treaties’ Effectiveness Established
between Mongolia and the PR of China in 1949-2012
3. Protocol of
Cooperation between the Foreign Ministries of Mongolia and the PR of China
- Signed by
Foreign Minister of Mongolia Luvsanvandan BOLD and Foreign Minister of the PR
of China Wang Yi;
4. Protocol on
Exchange of Note on “Agreement on Transfer of Prisoners between Mongolia and
the PR of China”
- Signed by
Justice Minister of Mongolia Kh.Temuujin and Foreign Minister of the PR of
China Wang Yi;
5.
Intergovernmental Agreement on Transit and Freight Transportation to the Sea
and Back through Mongolian and Chinese territories
- Signed by
Minister of Roads and Transportation of Mongolia A.Gansukh and Foreign Minister
of the PR of China Wang Yi;
6. General
Agreement on Developing Railway Transit Transportation
7. Memorandum
of Understanding on Developing Cooperation in Railway
8. Memorandum
of Understanding on Renewing the “Mongolia-China Border Railway Agreement”
between the Ministry of Roads and Transportation of Mongolia and China Railway
Corporation
- Signed by
Minister of Roads and Transportation of Mongolia A.Gansukh and China’s Vice
Minister of Transport and Head of State Railways Administration Lu Dongfu;
9. Memorandum
of Understanding on Cooperation in Intensifying Coal Deep Processing between
the Ministry of Mining of Mongolia and China's National Development and Reform
Commission
- Signed by
Mining Minister of Mongolia D.Gankhuyag and Head of National Development and
Reform Commission Xu Shaoshi;
10. Memorandum
of Understanding on Establishing A Council of Mineral Resources, Energy and
Infrastructure between Ministry of Economic Development of Mongolia and
National Development and Reform Commission of China
- Signed by
Minister for Economic Development of Mongolia N.Batbayar and Head of National
Development and Reform Commission Xu Shaoshi;
11. Mid-Term
Program to Develop Mongolia-China Trade and Economic Partnership
12.
Intergovernmental Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation
13.
Intergovernmental Exchange of Note on Establishing a Center for Children with
Disabilities in Ulaanbaatar with China’s Assistance
14. Memorandum
of Understanding on Economic Cooperation to Establish Mongolia-China Free Trade
Zone between Ministry of Economic Development of Mongolia and Ministry of
Commerce of the PR of China
- Signed by
Minister for Economic Development of Mongolia N.Batbayar and Minister of
Commerce of the PR of China Gao Hucheng;
15. Loan
Agreement on “E-Health” Project to Establish between the Ministry of Economic
Development of Mongolia and Export-Import Bank of China
16. Loan
Agreement on “New Century Education” Project to Establish between the Ministry
of Economic Development of Mongolia and Export-Import Bank of China
17. Loan Agreement
on “Purchasing Big Capacity Tractors” Project to Establish between the Ministry
of Economic Development of Mongolia and Export-Import Bank of China
- Signed by
Minister for Economic Development of Mongolia N.Batbayar and President of
Export-Import Bank of China Li Ruogu;
18. Agreement
of Cooperation to Establish Mongolia-China Border Port Management Commission
between Ports National Council of Mongolia and General Administration of China
Customs (GACC)
- Signed by
Minister of the Cabinet Office of the Government of Mongolia and Chairman of
the Ports National Council Ch.Saikhanbileg and Minister of the GACC,
Commissioner-General Yu Guangzhou;
19. Protocol on
Cultural Exchange between Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Mongolia
and Ministry of Culture of the PR of China
- Signed by
Minister for Culture, Sports and Tourism of Mongolia Ts.Oyungerel and Minister
for Culture of the PR of China Cai Wu;
20. Memorandum
of Understanding on Cooperation between Bank of Mongolia and Chinese Committee
on Banking Supervision Inspection
- Signed by
Governor of Bank of Mongolia N.Zoljargal and Chairman of Chinese Committee on
Banking Supervision Inspection Shang Fulin;
21. Memorandum
of Understanding on Cooperation between Petroleum Authority of Mongolia and
China National Petroleum Corporation
- Signed by
Chairman of Petroleum Authority of Mongolia G.Ulziiburen and Vice-President of
China National Petroleum Corporation Liu Hongbin;
22. Loan
Agreement on “Implementation of Residential Area Project in 7th Khoroo of
Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar” between State Housing Corporation of Mongolia
and Export-Import Bank of China
- Signed by
General Director of the State Housing Corporation of Mongolia A.Gantulga and
President of Export-Import Bank of China Li Ruogu;
23. A162
million USD Commercial Loan Agreement between Development Bank of Mongolia and
China Development Bank
- Signed by
Executive Director for Development Bank of Mongolia N.Munkhbat and Vice
Chairman of China Development Bank Zheng Zhijie;
24. General Agreement
to Finance “Railway Project between Gashuun Sukhait and Gants Mod Ports”
between Mongolia’s Gashuun Sukhait LLC and China’s Shenhua Group and China
Development Bank
- Signed by
Executive Director of “Gashuun Sukhait Railway” LLC Kh.Ganbold and President
and CEO of Shenhua Group Zhang Yuzhuo.
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