China and Mongolia signed a cooperation plan on promoting the alignment of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Mongolia's Development Road program in Beijing on Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga witnessed the signing after their talks. Battulga is in China for a state visit and attending...
Xi: Boost ties with Mongolia
Chinese President calls for enhanced bilateral strategic communication, teamwork
China and Mongolia should enhance strategic communication and respect each other's core interests and major concerns, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.
Xi made the remark while meeting with Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga at the Great Hall of the People in...
Chinese, Mongolian presidents hold talks
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held talks with his Mongolian counterpart Khaltmaa Battulga, who is in Beijing on a state visit to China and to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
China will uphold the principle of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness and continue to actively support Mongolia's...
BRI offers great opportunities for landlocked countries, Mongolian minister says
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is providing great economic opportunities for landlocked countries like Mongolia, Mongolian Minister of Road and Transport Development Byambasuren Enkh-Amgalan has said.The initiative, a reference to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, was proposed by China...
Third Ethnic Mongolian Writer Held in China's Inner Mongolia
Chinese authorities in the northern region of Inner Mongolia have detained a third ethnic Mongolian writer and social media host after he protested the detention of fellow author and activist, O. Sechenbaatar.Tsogjil, 40, who hosted a number of discussion groups on the social media platform WeChat, was detained on April 16 in the regional capital Hohhot,...
US Senators reintroduce bill to raise trade with Mongolia
US Senators Ben Cardin and Dan Sullivan recently reintroduced a legislation to improve US trade relations and economic ties with Mongolia. Mongolia contributes to US national security goals in Asia and in the Middle East and the Mongolia Third Neighbour Trade Act will facilitate job and economic growth that can help both the nations, said...
Mongolia to urge N.Korea to continue talks
The foreign minister of Mongolia, which has longstanding ties with North Korea, says he will urge the country to hold talks with the United States and Japan and to refrain from further provocative acts.Damdin Tsogtbaatar, who is on a trip to the US, spoke to NHK over the phone on Saturday.He stressed Ulan Bator 's friendly ties with Pyongyang and revealed...
Russian automaker to start selling Lada cars in Mongolia by 2020
The company is going to capture 15% of the Mongolian primary car market in a short termBEIJING, April 19. /TASS/. The Russian automobile producer AutoVAZ will start selling Lada Xray Cross, Largus, Lada 4x4 and Granta models on the primary market in Mongolia, press service of the Russian embassy in Ulaanbaatar told TASS on Friday, citing a source in...
Liaison offices for customs clearance established in Tianjin and Mongolia
TIANJIN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Liaison offices for port customs clearance were established in northern China's Tianjin Municipality and Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator, according to an ongoing trade fair in Tianjin.
The offices aim to promote economic and trade cooperation between Tianjin and Mongolia, and were established Thursday.
The two sides also...
Mongolian foreign affairs delegation in Pyongyang for talks: KCNA
U.S. ally Mongolia seen as potential mediator in ongoing denuclearization negotiations
A delegation from the Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday for a series of high-level meetings, the DPRK’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
Led by State Secretary Damdinsuren Davaasuren, the delegation...
Mongolia's exports of copper concentrates up 7 pct in Q1
ULAN BATOR, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's exports of copper concentrates increased 7 percent year on year in the first quarter of this year, local media reported Thursday.
Mongolia exported a total of 361,400 tons of copper concentrates in the January-March period, the daily newspaper Zasgiin Gazriin Medee quoted the country's Ministry of Mining...
Mongolia approves national program to promote SME growth
ULAN BATOR, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Mongolian government has approved a national program to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), local media reported Thursday, citing the government's press office.
"SMEs make a huge contribution to every country's socio-economic development. The majority of our country's enterprises...
Hakuho seeks Japanese nationality to manage stable
Hakuho wins the Emperor's Cup in March. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Yokozuna Hakuho said he has applied for Japanese nationality, which would enable him to get around an unwritten “no foreigners” rule and remain in Japan’s sumo world after his retirement from the ring.
The 34-year-old Mongolian, whose real name is Munkhbat Davaajargal, told...
CLOSED-DOOR TRIAL OF MONGOLIAN HISTORIAN LHAMJAB BORJIGIN A “CONTINUED ATTACK ON HISTORICAL INQUIRY”
April 16, 2019
NEW YORK—The one-day, closed door trial of Mongolian writer and historian Lhamjab A. Borjigin for criminal charges related to his writing represents a continued attack on freedom of expression and historical inquiry in Southern Mongolia, PEN America said today.
On April 4, Lhamjab Borjigin underwent a one-day, three-hour trial for...
Petro Matad signs rig contracts for four-well campaign in Mongolia
Mongolian oil explorer Petro Matad said it had signed contracts with DQE International for two rigs for its upcoming 2019 four-well drilling programme.
The fully-funded programme remained on track for completion in 2019, the company said.
The Heron 1 and Red Deer 1 wells were expected to spud in July, while the spudding of Gazelle 1 would follow...
Mongolia's industrial output up 17.5 pct in Q1
ULAN BATOR, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's industrial output rose 17.5 percent year on year in the first quarter of this year, according to data released by the country's National Statistics Office on Monday.
The industrial output amounted to 3.8 trillion Mongolian tugriks (about 1.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three months of 2019, the statistical...
Mongolia coal exports surge 15 pct in Q1 after China Australia ban
ULAANBAATAR, April 15 (Reuters) - Mongolia’s coal exports rose 15 percent on the year to 7.8 million tonnes in the first quarter, according to official data published on Monday, with the country benefiting from customs delays impeding imports from Australia during the period.
Landlocked Mongolia is heavily dependent on demand for coal and copper...
China Tries Ethnic Mongolian Historian For Genocide Book, in Secret
Chinese authorities in the northern region of Inner Mongolia have tried an ethnic Mongolian writer in secret on "separatism" charges, a rights group said on Friday.Lhamjab A. Borjigin, 75, stood trial on April 4 on charges of "separatism" and "sabotaging national unity," the New York-based Southern Mongolian Human...
