Prime Minister S.Batbold yesterday
left Ulaanbaatar on a tour of the Gobi provinces that will end on August 28. According
to D.Nyamjav, director of the Government Office, the Prime Minister will visit
Dundgobi, Dornogobi and Umnugobi provinces.

He goes to Dornogobi first,
where he will visit the vocational training and service center, and then the
Unur Bayan organization which works in greenhouse cultivation and dairy farming.
Its scale of operation is not big, but it has been very successful. Batbold
will also meet citizens and business representatives of the province.

On the second day, he will
go to Tavantolgoi in Umnugobi. He will see the exploration operations of Areva of
France before going to the oil refinery at Zuunbayartsagaan. Then the Prime Minister
will visit Oyutolgoi to see the progress of the project. He will also stop at operations
of Erdenes MGL Company and Tavantolgoi.

The Government will meet in Umnugobi
province’s Bayandalai soum on August 27, at a place called Gashuun Khooloi. The
spot was chosen as it is experiencing extreme desertification and the
Government will focus on climate change and environmental damage.

Batbold will also visit
Gashuusukhait, the port through which coal from Oyutolgoi and Tavantolgoi goes
to China. The port daily deals with 600 trucks, each carrying 70-80 tons of coal,
and needs more space and manpower.