A Boeing aircraft belonging to MIAT, Mongolian Airlines with 260 Mongolian nationals including 5 children on board is currently flying from Takoma Airport in Seattle to Ulaanbaatar. The evacuation charter will land at Buyant-Ukhaa Airport later today (5 August).

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At Ulaanbaatar’s request, the Hungarian Government has stepped in to provide financial support and accommodation to the Mongolian students who are stranded in the country. As we reported yesterday, the Mongolian students, who have completed their university studies in Hungary,

The European Union is to provide EUR 100,000 (almost 335 million Mongolian Tugrik) in humanitarian aid funding to assist the most vulnerable communities after a series of floods that have wreaked havoc across different parts of Mongolia since mid-June.

The aid

Due to the coronavirus, Mongolia suspended entry to the country at all border crossings in March – even for its own citizens. Those who have previously travelled abroad on a scholarship, as a tourist, or on a business trip have

Mongolia’s borders with China have been closed since early February following the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. Recently, however, two Chinese men have tried illegally entering Mongolia despite the strict lockdown.

According to officials, a Chinese man was stopped by Mongolian border

A 62-year-old passenger died yesterday (30 July) on a Mongolian Government chartered flight from Australia’s largest city, Sydney. The second direct flight by MIAT, Mongolian airlines has repatriated 625 Mongolians stranded in Australia due to the coronavirus lockdown. According to

Mongolian President Kh.Battulga donated 30,000 sheep to China as a good-neighbourly gift from a strategic partner during a unexpected visit to China in late February. A number of people opposed the visit initially for fear of the coronavirus infection. However,

Mongolia will continue the repatriation operation of its nationals stranded in pandemic-hit countries. According to Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs L.Munkhtushig, a total of 3,460 Mongolians will be evacuated with 14 charter flights