The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent an official note
of apology to the Governments of France, Belgium and Germany, asking them not
to press for the transfer of B.Khurts, Chief of Administration at the National
Security Council, from Britain, where he is now under detention. These three
countries want to interrogate him in a case of violation of human rights in
their territory when Khurts and some other Mongolians abducted a Mongolian national
in France in 2003 and brought him home through Belgium and Germany.

Khurts was arrested in Britain on September 17 and is being tried there but the
charge against him does not actually involve Britain.  The British Government has not replied to demands
from the Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice to release
Khurts. The next hearing of his case is fixed for November 15 when the court
may decide to hand him over to the countries which want him. The Government has
hired a defense lawyer for him and is hoping the three European countries will
drop their demand to have Khurts.