Mongolia Brief September 9, 2014 Part I
J.Batzandan
MP Meets General Consul of Australia
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 9 (MONTSAME) A member of the State Great Khural J.Batzandan Monday
received Mr Burchill Tony Reinhold, the General Consul of Australia to
Mongolia, in the State House.
He thanked the
General Consulate for arriving and said he wants to have information on a
present situation of the Mongolia-Australia ties, especially in the economy,
education and mining spheres.
In response, Mr
Reinhold thanked the parliamentarian for receiving him and gave details about
the current bilateral relations and cooperation, ongoing projects and
programmes and works being run within loans and assistance.
Mongolia and
Australia have been collaborating in the educational sector for some 20 years,
and 400 people have got master and PhD degrees in Australian universities and
institutes so far, Mr Reinhold noted. After this the sides exchanged views on
the cooperation in the economy and cultural sectors.
V.Putin's
visit to Mongolia featured on a Mongolian postage stamp
September 9
(news.mn) Mongol Post released a special issue postage stamp dedicated to
Russian President V.Putin's 5-hour visit to Mongolia on September 3rd, on the
occasion of the 75th anniversary of the historic victory at the Battles of
Khalkh Gol. The special issue postage stamp dedicated to the Russian leader's
visit to Mongolia is available for 800 MNT.
Mongol Post
also issued a special stamp to commemorate the state visit of China's President
Xi Jinping to Mongolia in August.
Minister
L.Bold meets European Commissioner
September 9 (news.mn)
Foreign Affairs Minister L.Bold met with the European Commissioner for
Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth, Androulla
Vassiliou, who was on an official visit to Mongolia, on Monday, September 8th.
At the meeting,
the parties had talks on increasing bilateral educational and cultural
relations, having Mongolian students involved in education and culture programs
implemented by the European Commission, and other topics.
On the same
day, Minister LBold and Vassiliou attended a celebration of the 25th
anniversary of cooperation between Mongolia and the European Commission.
For the 25th
anniversary of cooperation between Mongolia and the European Commission, High
Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the
European Union Catherine Ashton delivered greetings to Foreign Affairs Minister
L.Bold.
“In
Morning of Vast Steppe” Art Exhibition by A.Chadraabal Makes its Opening Today
September 9
(infomongolia.com) The 14th solo exhibition themed "In the Morning of Vast
Steppe" by UMA (Union of Mongolian Artists) prize-winning artist
A.Chadraabal, 35, is making its opening at the Blue Moon art gallery in UB
today to continue until September 18, 2014.
Most of his
paintings with dynamic movements are abstract at first impression but devoted
to and speak more emotional courage of horses that produce strong expressive
characters and action-packed excitement. The horses symbolize a healthy, vital
life full of strength and it is no wonder that just a Mongolian has such a
strong feeling for horses, because a Mongol life without horses cannot be
imagined.
The recent his
solo exhibition was displayed in UB last March and earlier in January, A.Chadraabal
performed his “Khiimori” exhibition in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia and “In our heart
of Chinggis Khaan” in Ordos city of Inner Mongolia in April 2014. Moreover, he
participated with his “Spring” collection in the 28th Asia International Art
Exhibition held at Kinmen History and Art Museum, Taiwan last March, besides he
exhibited many other his work pieces in Ulaanbaatar and from September 21,
A.Chadraabal is planning to exhibit his “In the Morning of Vast Steppe”
collection in China.
Prime
Minister of Mongolia N.Altankhuyag Announces to Reshuffle His Cabinet
September 9
(infomongolia.com) At 09:00 pm on September 08, 2014, Prime Minister Norov
ALTANKHUYAG delivered a speech addressing to the people of Mongolia on
Mongolian National Broadcaster to report the two-year works accomplished by his
Cabinet mottoed the New Government for Changes.
In his speech,
Premier N.Altankhuyag said, “In the past 20 years, Mongolia constructed plants
to produce 200 MW of electricity, so this Government created same capacity
industry within two years. Besides, previous five Governments have executed a
total of 2,300 km of road in 12 years, so we have accomplished 2,500 km of road
just in 2 years, which is recorded in history.
In one year,
apartments were built for 36 thousand households and 1,200,000 sq.m flats have
been fulfilled and in order to provide with opportunities, the mortgage loans
were reduced from 16% to 8% a year, where residents of provincial areas can
apply for 7% housing loan. With finance of Chinggis Bond, reinforcing steel and
cement industries have been enlarged its capacities that help to avoid
dependence from external manufacturers.
It was
discovered a huge resource of coal-bed methane in Tavan Tolgoi coal mine, which
is similar to natural gas and from the determined 20-30 billion cubic meters of
methane, we can resolve Ulaanbaatar city’s heat and electricity solutions for
the period of 30 years. Moreover, gasoline prices were stabilized as a result
of implementing a program with Central Bank of Mongolia.
In the
frameworks of amending some laws, foreign and domestic investments have been
obviously increased, despite of the facts that the Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi
projects are temporarily frozen, which become the keys to unlock major
investments into Mongolia. Therefore, we intend to resolve the dispute on Oyu
Tolgoi issue within this autumn, consequently, a 4 billion USD of investment is
anticipated. In order to forward Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi projects, we need
to finalize the railway issue, apart from this; we have to accelerate works on
Mongolian Stock Exchange.
Within two
weeks for the past 5-11 years, the historic visits of the heads of state of
China and Russia were conducted to Mongolia and during their visits, many
important intergovernmental documents were inked that are beginning of new
starts between our two neighbors as the two big powers of the world leaders. In
the scope of Steppe Road Project, it is a step close to organize a trilateral
top-level dialogue between China, Russia and Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar on running
infrastructure network through Mongolian territory and now, only active and
close cooperation is required from us”.
Most notably,
during his address, Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag made a statement that in order
to accelerate the Government efforts; the Cabinet will make some changes in its
members or so-called to reshuffle the Cabinet in the beginning of Autumn
Plenary Session of the Parliament”.
Related:
PM's
Sudden Statement about Work Results and Changes in His Cabinet – Montsame, September 9
Standing
Committee Head Meets EXBS Programme Manager
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 9 (MONTSAME) Head of the parliamentary Standing committee on justice
D.Ganbat Tuesday received a delegation led by Mr Daniel Blake Pritchett, a
manager of the EXBS Programme at the US Department of State.
Beginning the
meeting, Mr Pritchett briefed about the programme, and then exchanged views
with the Standing committee head on a draft law on the monitoring over the
sales of strategic goods and on hazardous garbage.
The government
submitted the bill on it to parliament in 2014, but it has been withdrawn in
order to revise it. After an approval of the #1540 resolution of the UN
Security Council in 2004, the President of Mongolia visited the USA in 2007,
signing a bilateral memorandum of understanding on cooperating in preventing
the transport of nuclear and other radioactive materials through the state
borders, Mr Ganbat said.
In accordance
with the EXBS programme, radioactive measuring devices have been installed in
border checkpoints of Mongolia since 2008, and the bilateral cooperation in it
has reached a specific achievement, Mr Ganbat said, and underlined an
importance of preparing experts for this.
The
parliamentarian also said the Standing committees on justice, and on
environment, food and agriculture are ready to collaborate in this direction.
Present at the
meeting were G.Bayarsaikhan, head of the Standing committee on environment,
food and agriculture; J.Batzandan and O.Baasankhuu MPs.
The Export
Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Programme seeks to prevent the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and destabilizing
accumulations and irresponsible transfers of conventional weapons by helping to
build effective national strategic trade control systems in countries that
possess, produce, or supply strategic items, as well as in countries through
which such items are most likely to transit.
The EXBS
Programme is designed to help countries develop and improve their strategic
trade and related border control systems. In developing and improving these
systems, we work to ensure conformity with international standards for
regulating trade in items on the control lists of the multilateral export
control regimes, to prevent the authorization of transfers to end-uses and
end-users of proliferation concern, and to detect and interdict illicit
transfers at the border. In building countries' capacity in this critical area,
the EXBS Programme advances U.S. efforts to establish a global WMD detection
architecture and helps key partners meet their obligations and commitments
pursuant to important U.S. and international initiatives, including UN Security
Council Resolution 1540, the Proliferation Security Initiative, the National Security
Strategy and adherence to the guidelines of multilateral export control
regimes.
The EXBS
Programme works with partner governments to identify regulatory and
institutional gaps and to develop resource requirements. The EXBS Programme
provides a wide range of technical assistance, from executive exchanges to
training workshops to the provision of detection equipment and specialized
training for border control and enforcement agencies.
The EXBS
Programme provides assistance in five core areas--laws and regulations;
licensing; enforcement; government-industry cooperation; interagency and
international cooperation and coordination.
Mongolians’
Unions and NGOs Abroad to Gather
By B. Khuder
Ulaanbaatar,
September 9 (MONTSAME) A unified forum themed “Creative collaboration” will run
September 18 in Ulaanbaatar.
Co-organized by
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the “E-station union” NGO, the upcoming
forum will bring together delegates of Mongolians’ unions, societies and NGOs
abroad to discuss issues of co-tackling urgent problems facing Mongolians
abroad, rendering state support to the organizations for them and seeking an
opportunity and mechanism of developing the collaboration between the state and
NGOs.
The organizers
say the measure is important in terms of establishing close ties between the
President, parliament, government and NGO and societies and unions of
Mongolians residing across the world, of receiving their voice, and of
inheriting Mongolian language, culture and custom to the next generations.
The forum is
expected to attract some 90 delegates of Mongolians’ unions, societies and
NGOs; about 50 reporters and researchers from the “E-station union” NGO; and
130-150 officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and related
institutions.
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