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MPRP building under fire
Protesters have clashed with police in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator amid protests over last weekend’s general election.
People have set fire on ruling party MPRP’s building and fire fighting service quenched it.
Police in riot gear were sent to the offices of the election commission and the ruling party, after demonstrators outside threw stones.
Preliminary results from […]
Miner SouthGobi May Tap HK Market for US$ 800m
Another overseas mining company eyes Mongolian assets
SouthGobi Energy Resources, a Canadian-listed mining company that owns mines in Mongolia, plans to raise as much as US$800 million from a secondary share offering in Hong Kong later this year at the earliest.
UBS had been hired to arrange the share sale, sources said, adding that the lower end […]
Mongolia Targets 14pc Growth, Investments
Mongolia wants to achieve annual economic growth of 14 percent over the next eight years, powered by foreign investment and cheaper capital as it taps centers like Hong Kong, a government official said. All sectors of the resource-rich country, which borders Russia to the north and China to the south, are open to foreigners, Sedbazar […]
261 Banned Foreigners Has Sought to Come Back in Mongolia
Tourism season starts. Majority of illegal foreigners are trying to enter Mongolia. Currently D.Murun, Agency of Foreigners and Nationality chairman, has made an order on this issue. We clarified about his decision from D.Lhagvadorj, head of License and Registration Department, Agency of Foreigners and Nationality.
We heard about D.Murun’s decision on control […]
Prime Minister S.Bayar Meets With Russian President Vladimir Putin
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: Dear Mr Prime Minister! Dear colleagues and friends!
Allow me to welcome you to Moscow.
Shall we do this without translation?
PRIME MINISTER OF MONGOLIA SANJ BAYAR: Sure.
VLADIMIR PUTIN: I am very pleased to see you. You worked a long time in the Russian capital as Mongolia’s ambassador, and it must be said that […]
Mongolian Ambassador Presents His Credentials to the President Bush
On 8 April, 2008, His Excellency Kh.Bekhbat, newly appointed Mongolian Ambassador to the USA presented his credentials to President George Bush, marking the beginning of his mission as Mongolian Ambassador to the United States.
During the meeting with Ambassador in Oval Office, president Bush stated, “the agreement on Millenium Challenge Account, which signed in last […]
L.Bold Informs to the Mining Congress
Representing the Government of Mongolia, L.Bold, Director of Minerals and Oil Authority of Mongolia lectured at the Asian Mining Congress, held in Singapore. This Congress, which is held annually, is now organized between 7 and 11 April and L.Bold addressed the present and future state as well as policy in mining and oil sector in […]
American Taxpayers Call on President Bush to Protect Western Interests in Mongolia
Nearly 35,000 Letters Sent to President Bush Expressing Concern about Backsliding on the Rule of Law, Infringement of American Property Rights and Increased Corruption
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) announced that its supporters have sent nearly 35,000 letters to President Bush and Administration […]
World Growth Organization Urges Mongolian Government and Parliament to Support Mining and Economic Policies That Reduce Poverty, Raise Living Standards and Create New Jobs
“Mongolia stands at a crossroads in its development. The economic policies adopted in the immediate future will be the basis for prolonged growth in the long-term. World Growth encourages the adoption of policies that put Mongolia on a high-growth path that will raise living standards and generate new wealth for all Mongolians.”
Ambassador Alan Oxley, Chairman […]
Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service Visits Mongolia
U.S. Embassy Press Release
March 19, 2008
Ambassador Harry K. Thomas, Jr., the Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service, visited Mongolia March 18-19. Ambassador Thomas is the top State Department official for human resources, and met with Mongolian and American staff and family members at U.S. Embassy Ulaanbaatar.
He called on State Secretary for Foreign […]
