Mongolia Brief August 8, 2014 Part I
Exequatur of Honorary Consul Handed Over
August 5
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
D.Gankhuyag handed over exequatur to Honorary Consul of the Netherlands to
Mongolia G.Amartuvshin on August 4.
Deputy Minister
Gankhuyag wished best of luck in strengthening bilateral relations in the
fields of politics, economy, culture and humanities. Present at the meeting was
Director of the Consular Department of Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
Sh.Sukhbaatar.
Some Directions Given to Construction NGOs
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 8 (MONTSAME) At its meeting on Thursday, the cabinet backed an issue of
imposing some directions to NGO of the construction sector by establishing
contracts.
The directions
include drawing up documents of urban planning, designs of constructions and
buildings, performing the construction works and granting licenses to legal
subjects for productions of constructions, lifting constructions, their spare
parts and tools, assembling and repairing works.
The Minister of
Construction and Urban Development Ts.Bayarsaikhan was ordered to reflect
responsibilities and duties of the sides in contracts and to monitor the
contracts’ implementation.
Nat’l Programme on Creative Works Approved
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 8 (MONTSAME) The cabinet meeting held Thursday approved the “Mongolian
creative works” national programme, and then ordered Ts.Oyungerel, the Minister
of Culture, Sport and Tourism, to annually work out and approve a plan for
realizing the programme, and to put control over it.
Main objectives
of the programme are to produce films, novels and music arts, to transfer them
into electronic forms, to deliver them to the public, to enrich the media
organizations with national contents, to propagandize them across the world and
to strengthen the immunity of national arts and culture.
In frames of
the programme, Mongolian national creative works which are conserved in
archives and collectors will be renovated, therefore the national creative
works funds are expected to be enriched.
President’s Visit to Japan Summarized
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 8 (MONTSAME) The cabinet meeting Thursday discussed a results of the
working visit of the Mongolian President paid to Japan on July 21-24, and then
obliged L.Bold, the Minister of Foreign Affairs to submit the matter to the
National Security Council (NSC).
During the
visit, the President Ts.Elbegdorj and the Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
held official talks, concurring with a necessity to focus the bilateral
economic cooperation on not only the markets of the two countries, but also the
markets of the neighbour countries and regional nations in conjunction with
reaching a principal agreement to establish the Economic Partnership Agreement
(EPA).
Cabinet Meeting of Government of Mongolia, August 7,
2014
August 8
(infomongolia.com) The regular Cabinet meeting of the Government of Mongolia
was held on August 7th through which the following issues were resolved
accordingly.
- The
resultative conclusion were issued regarding the recent official visit of the President
of Mongolia to Japan between July 21 and July 24 and the Minister of Foreign
Affairs L.Bold has been obliged to take this issue into consideration during the
upcoming regular meeting of the National Security Council of Mongolia.
- Since July 1,
2014, the ongoing customs procedure for 24/7 active operation in Altanbulag
Free Trade Zone enables to increase the trade, investment, products and goods
inflow across the border. Therefore, the short-term procedural order shall be extended
until December 31, 2014 based upon the majority of Government members
suggestions and the Deputy Prime Minister D.Terbishdagva, the Minister of the
Cabinet Office of the Government of Mongolia Ch.Saikhanbileg, Minister of Economic
Development N.Batbayar, Minister of Finance Ch.Ulaan and the Minister of
Justice Kh.Temuujin had been obliged to take further measures accordingly.
- The
Government members had agreed upon that the related Government resolution must
be issued to approve the Intergovernmental Agreement on enhancing the national
security level between Government of Mongolia and the Government of Republic of
Turkey which signed off on April 11, 2013 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
- During the
Cabinet meeting, the Minister of Finance Ch.Ulaan had an approval to finance
the required sum of 36.8 million MNT (Tugrug) from the Government Reserve Fund
to ensure reliability of the power source supply of the Government Palace of Mongolia.
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Meeting in Brief – Montsame,
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Vice Speaker Meets S.Korean NA Delegation
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 8 (MONTSAME) A Vice Speaker of the State Great Khural R.Gonchigdorj
Friday received a visiting delegation headed by Mr Yoo Ki June, chairman of the
Standing committee of the South Korean National Assembly on foreign policy and
unification.
Wishing the
delegation an enjoyable visit to Mongolia, the Vice Speaker Mr Gonchigdorj
noted about the 25th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations to
be marked next year.
In turn, Mr Yoo
thanked the Vice Speaker for an audience, and expressed a willingness to
enhance the Mongolia-S.Korea relations and cooperation in the socio-economic
and political spheres. The dignitaries also exchanged views on other matters
for the bilateral ties.
Present at the
meeting were G.Batkhuu MP; B.Ganbold, the Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of Korea; B.Boldbaatar, the
secretary-general of the Parliamentary Office; and other officials.
FM L.Bold Elected as Deputy Chair of ESCAP Session
B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 8 (MONTSAME) A governmental delegation of Mongolia led by the Foreign
Minister Mr L.Bold is taking part in the 70th session of the Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) kicked off Thursday in
Bangkok, Thailand.
On the first
day of the session, the Foreign Minister Mr Bold was elected as the session’s
deputy chairman. He addressed the session’s opening to express his country’s
position, highlighting that the actively participating in the Asia-Pacific
regional integration is one of the prior goals of the Mongolia’s foreign
policy.
In addition, Mr
Bold gave reports to the gathered on the policy and actions by the Mongolia’s
government for intensifying the national economy.
The delegation
included S.Oyun, the Minister of Environment and Green Development, and the
president of the United Nations Environment Assembly; and Ch.Battomor, the
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Kingdom of
Thailand.
Foreign Minister Meets with Officials at ESCAP Session
B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
August 8 (MONTSAME) Participating on the 70th session of the United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in
Bangkok, Thailand, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Mr L.Bold
Thursday met with Mr Tshering Tobgay, the Prime Minister of Bhutan, who has
been elected as the session’s chairman.
The dignitaries
exchanged views on the bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Moreover, Mr
Bold met with Ms Shamshad Akhtar, ESCAP Executive Secretary, sharing views on
the collaboration between Mongolia and the ESCAP, its outcomes, further goals
and directions.
Within the
session, Mr Bold also met with the director of the ESCAP for Northeast Asian
Region, the Vice Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Korea and Japan; and
delegates of other countries.
80% of Mongolians hold a formal bank account
August 8
(Mongolian Economy) For a small population of 2.9 million, Mongolia scores high
on the list of financial inclusion intakes. Its access to financial services is
impressive given its largely nomadic lifestyle. Any kind of service provisions
is hard to come by given that its infrastructural systems are lacking,
especially in terms of transportation. According to the World Bank’s 2012
Global Financial Inclusion Database, 80% of Mongolians hold a formal bank
account. This number exceeds those of its neighboring countries such as China,
Russia and Kazakhstan.
In addition,
Mongolia also ranks higher than other low-to-middle income countries in almost
every financial inclusion variable. The only exception is health insurance. One
in four Mongolian citizens has a loan and 10% more women have bank accounts
than men. This statistic rivals that of North America and the Euro area.
Japanese businesspeople came to seek business opportunities
August 8
(Mongolian Economy) Last month, the president paid an official visit to Japan
as a continuation of bilateral partnership between both nations. This high
level visit and meeting resulted in the signing of a bilateral partnership
agreement. Japanese businesspeople from the Shizuoka Prefecture also visited
Mongolia to see how the economy and businesses run.
Japanese
businesspeople are interested in what Mongolia has to offer since it is
abundant in agricultural and mining reserves. Most of these Japanese
businesspeople come from industries relating to real estate, commerce and
trade, construction, infrastructure, automobile parts and tea.
On the
Mongolian side, ten companies participated in the meeting including
Khuvsgul-Ikh Taiga, TESO, Monland, Metal and Wood, Mongolian Hotels Association
and Corporate Hotel.
Altanbulag Free Trade Zone collected MNT 13.6 Million in Taxes
August 8
(Mongolian Economy) The Altanbulag Free Trade Zone became a reality this past
June after ten years of planning. Mongolian and Russian citizens have been able
to cross the free trade zone without any problems. The international exhibition
and trade event hosted at the end of June attracted investors and improved
trade flow, marking the success of this now robust area.
Since the
establishment of the free trade zone, MNT 484.9 million worth of products have
entered with the required registration. Tax income from these products amounted
to MNT 13.6 million and MNT 62.2 thousand worth of fees were collected for the
national budget. The 24-hour operation of the free trade zone has done well to
increase trade flow between both Russia and Mongolia.
Vladimir Putin to Pay High-Level Visit to Mongolia in Coming September
August 8
(infomongolia.com) The Head of Mongolian part of the Mongolia-Russia
Intergovernmental Committee, the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia
D.Terbishdagva has received the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
of the Russian Federation, the Head of Russian part of the Russia-Mongolia
Intergovernmental Committee Sergey Yefimovich Donskoy on August 8th in the
Government Palace of Mongolia.
The Deputy
Prime Minister D.Terbishdagva has noted “The forthcoming official visit of the
President of Russian Federation to Mongolia is the vital important event for
Mongolia; therefore, we’ve been ensuring all preparatory conditions in somewhat
higher level for celebrating the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Battles
at the Khalkh River between August 22 and September 04, 2014. During the visit
of the Russian President, the Government of Mongolia plans to place the
medium-term program to develop further strategic collaboration between Mongolia
and the Russian Federation”.
In response,
the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russian Federation Sergey
Donskoy has said “The 75th anniversary of the victory of the Battles
at the Khalkh River is also significant event for Russia; that’s because the
President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is going to pay a high-level official
visit to Mongolia on coming September 3rd, 2014. As for Russian Federation, we
also plan to sign off several important documents to increase our bilateral
cooperation further ahead during the upcoming visit of the President of the
Russian Federation Vladimir Putin respectively.
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