Mongolia Brief September 16, 2014 Part III
Ambassador
of Cuba to Mongolia, Omar Laura Marrero Accredited
September 16
(infomongolia.com) On September 16, 2014, the newly appointed Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to Mongolia, Mr. Omar
Laura Marrero presented a Letter of Credence to the President of Mongolia
Ts.Elbegdorj.
Following the
ceremony, President Ts.Elbegdorj received the newly accredited envoy and at the
beginning of meeting Ambassador O.L.Marrero conveyed a profound greetings of
the head of state of Cuba, Raul Modesto Castro to his Mongolian counterpart and
affirmed that the latter visit of the incumbent President of Cuba to Mongolia
was conducted in 1970 and Mr. Raul Castro is wishing to pay a visit to Mongolia
again.
President
Ts.Elbegdorj emphasized possibilities of reciprocal high level visits restoring
the good relations of the two countries and mentioned that many Mongolian
specialists used to graduate in Cuba as well as top-level visits were also
conducted mutually.
Ambassador
O.L.Marrero pledged to take every effort to develop Mongolia-Cuba relations and
cooperation in all spheres during his term of duty.
President
Ts.Elbegdorj expressed his readiness to welcome high officials from Cuba and
conveyed his warm greetings to the President Raul Castro and said he glad to
know that former leader Fidel Castro is feeling healthy.
Mongolia and
the Republic of Cuba have established the diplomatic relations on December 07,
1960.
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Ambassador
of Cuba Presents Credentials – Montsame,
September 16
Mongolia
Participates in OSCE Conference
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) The Mongolian delegates headed by Ambassador and
permanent representative of Mongolia to the UN headquarters in Vienna of
Austria and to other international organizations, have participated in the 22nd
Economic and Environmental conference of Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
It ran in
Prague of Czech Republic on September 10-12. The conference was conducted by
Swiss Confederation, which is leading the organization in 2014, themed
“Efficient cooperation of OSCE member countries on combating natural disasters,
and strengthening the security”. Present at the event were current president of
OSCE and the president of Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter, the foreign
Minister of Czech Republic Lubomir Zaoralek, a Secretary-general of OSCE
Lamberto Zannier, along with government officials from the member-countries and
high representatives of academic centers and NGOs.
Stock
Exchange News for September 16
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades on Tuesday, a total of 10
thousand and 637 shares of 15 JSCs were traded costing MNT 20 million 416
thousand and 656.00.
"Hermes
center” /5,000 units/, “Tavantolgoi” /1,683 units/, “Mongolia Development”
/1,050/, “Mongolia Telecom” /927 units/ and "Arig gal” /530 units/ were
the most actively traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of trading value
were "Tavantolgoi” (MNT nine million 204 thousand and 975), "Talkh
chikher” (MNT four million and 100 thousand), APU” (MNT one million and 863
thousand), "Mongolia Telecom” (MNT one million 317 thousand and 590) and
"Arig gal” (MNT one million 239 thousand and 200).
The total
market capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 622 billion 212 million 884
thousand and 769. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 16,163.81, increasing 178.20
units or 1.11% against the previous day.
MSU
to Get E-Library
By N. Khaliun
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) A ceremony took place on September 12 to lay a
foundation stone of the electronic library at Mongolian State University (MSU).
Present at the
ceremony were L.Gantomor, the Minister of education and sciences and the
university's rector, students and teachers.
The library
building is to be erected in the east wing of the first block of the MSU. It
will give all possibilities to hold art exhibitions, book inaugurations,
implement research projects and other important events.
The library
will also be open to students of all branch universities of MSU.
Arjia
Rinpoche Receives "Polar Star" Order
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) The "Polar Star" order was bestowed upon His
Holiness the eighth Arjia Rinpoche on Tuesday at a decree of the President at
the State House.
Arjia Rinpoche
said that he extremely happy to receiving this honor from the President
himself. "I have established a hospital in Mongolia for children suffering
from blood cancer, but this is not my work only, it is a generosity of the
people, so I accept this prize on behalf of them," he stressed.
As we informed
before, Arjia Rinpoche opened in August a diagnostic and medical center for
children suffering from blood cancer and other blood diseases, at National
Health Center for Mother and Infant, with a support of faithful Buddhists.
Mongolians Head for Incheon
By N. Khaliun
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) A ceremony took place Monday in the Olympic House, the
headquarters of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MonNOC), to grant the
State Flag to young athletes who will compete in the 17th Asian Games from
September 19 to October 4 in Incheon, South Korea.
The Flag was
handed to them by Ts.Oyungerel, the Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism, in
presence of D.Zagdsuren, the MonNOC president.
Our team will
compete in 23 disciplines. Mongolia is sending 350 people, including coaches
and officials, on September 18-19.
Olympic Champion Sergey Bubka to Visit Us
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) Ukrainian Olympic champion and six-time World champion
for pole vault Sergey Bubka will visit Mongolia September 22 by invitation of
the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MonNOC).
During the stay
Mr Bubka will be received by L.Bold, the Minister of Foreign Minister;
Ts.Oyungerel, the Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism; and E.Bat-Uul, the
Mayor of Ulaanbaatar city.
In his sport
career in 1981-2001, Sergey Bubka won one Olympic gold medal, six gold medals
of the IAAF World Championships and three gold medals of the Indoor World
Championships, representing the Soviet Union and Ukraine. He is a former world
record holder of 6.15 meters, set in February of 1993 in Donetsk, Ukraine. It
was broken by French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, setting it at 6.16 metres
on February 15 of 2014. After this career, Mr Bubka started working at the
Athletes’ Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In May of
2013, he ran for the IOC president’s election.
Mongolian Judo Team to Attend Asian Games
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) Mongolia is sending 240 sports people to the
continental Olympics--the Asian Games which are to start September 19 in
Incheon of S.Korea.
Among the
Mongolians, who will compete in 23 categories, there are judo wrestlers whose
names were sounded Tuesday. In the tournaments to run September 20-23 will
compete a male team-- headed by N.Tuvshinbayar (100kg+), the Olympic champion
and state Honored athlete--with G.Odbayar (73kg); O.Duurenbayar (100kg+);
L.Otgonbaatar (90kg); N.Dagvasuren (81 kg); D.Tumurkhuleg(66kg); G.Boldbaatar
(60kg); a female team consists of B.Munkhtuya (78kg-), Ts.Naranjargal (70kg-),
B.Mungunchimeg (63kg), D.Sumiya (57kg), A.Tsolmon (52kg), M.Urantsetseg
(48kg).
Judokas Keep Leadership in IJF Rankings
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) The International Judo Federation (IJF) Monday released
the latest rankings of world top judokas.
Accordingly,
the World champions Mongolian M.Urantsetseg, a State Honored Sportswoman, and Mongolian
G.Boldbaatar IMS led the rankings in the lightest weight categories for women
and men, with 2,430 and 2,456 points, respectively. A rank of D.Amartuvshin, a
silver medallist of World Championships went up to seventh place in the men’s
60 kg category with 1,042 points.
An
international master of sports D.Tomorkhuleg kept his fifth place in the men’s
66 kg, where a Brazilian judoka Charles Chibana (1,978 points) led the
category. A State Honored Sportsman and Olympic bronze medallist
Kh.Tsagaanbaatar went down to sixth place in the men’s 73 kg. D.Sumya IMS held
her ninth place in the women’s 57 kg division.
Apart from
Mongolia, judokas from Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Czech Republic,
Kosovo, France, the Netherlands and Cuba topped the rankings.
School of Swans at Ganga Lake Approaches
By B.
Amarsaikhan
Ulaanbaatar,
September 16 (MONTSAME) A major school of swans gathers at Lake of Ganga in
Sukhbaatar aimag every October. Waterbirds, in search for food and warm places
to raise their young, head for the south pushed by the cold climate from the
north. These flits cannot pass through Umnugobi, Dornogobi and Bayankhongor
aimags due to the lack of rivers and lakes in the Gobi, says locals.
There are three
major traffics of waterbird-flits, one of which passes through lakes and ponds
in southern part of Sukhbaatar aimag. The biggest school-- of some 3,000
swans--assembles at Ganga lake, located to the south from Altan-Ovoo, an old
silent volcano. Every year, a flow of tourists to this attraction increases
significantly. The wonderful natural phenomenon is to happen this October 7-9.
Mongolia and North Korea to Collaborate in Science and
Technological Spheres
September 16
(infomongolia.com) Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia and the State
Commission for Science and Technology of the Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding in Science and
Technological Cooperation" at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang
city of North Korea on September 11, 2014.
Representing
the Government of Mongolia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Mongolia to the DPRK M.Ganbold and Vice Chairman of the State Commission for
Science and Technology of Korea Jang Ryong-hyog have inked the document, where
the Embassy staff and officials of the Commission were also present at the
signing ceremony.
“Big 8 Best Hits” Live Concert to Gather Famous Bands and Singers of Mongolian Pop Rock Scene
September 16
(infomongolia.com) The famous bands and singers of Mongolian pop rock scene,
whose albums are written in golden letters and who are very popular among the
Mongolian population are to perform together a single-live concert in
Ulaanbaatar on this Saturday, September 20, 2014.
The open air
concert will begin at 05:00 pm at the Central Stadium, where “Chinggis Khaan”,
“Kharanga”, “Khurd”, “Niciton”, “Camerton”, “Nomin Talst” and pop divas
B.Sarantuya and T.Ariunaa are to stage the “Big 8 Best Hits” unplugged performances.
However, they
are considered "veterans" of the Mongolian pop and rock, but still
most loved ones of nowadays and each performer pledges to sing 8 their best
hits, and as such a collection of Mongolian stars have never been before staged
together and according to organizers, a ticket costs 30,000 MNT (Tugrug) and
VIP ticket is 80,000 MNT.
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