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Over 12,000 foreign nationals apply to leave Mongolia

Mongolia closed its borders and cancelled all flights in mid-February in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus from China. Over 12 thousand foreign nationals from 51 countries staying in Mongolia have applied to leave the country; 20-30 percent of

Czech Government provides charter plane for evacuating Mongolians

Mongolia has planned 14 charter flights in August for repatriating its nationals from pandemic-hit countries. According to L.Munkhtushig, Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some 100 Mongolians stranded in Czech Republic have applied to

Mongolia brings back three coffins back from South Korea

Today (28 July), a MIAT, Mongolian Airlinescharter flight from Seoul repatriated 262) Mongolian nationals; the plane also carriedthree coffins containing people who had died inSouth Korea.
The list of passengers included 25 pregnant women, 36 elderly people and those accompanying them,

Mongolia plans second direct flight to Seattle

The US. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar has reported that the Mongolian Government plans to operate a diplomatic flight to Seattle, Washington on 3 August  2020.  Seats are available on this flight for foreign citizens who wish to leave Mongolia.

In June, MIAT,

Turkey set ups disaster relief unit in southern Mongolian province

Turkey has set up a disaster and emergency training workshop in Mongolia’s southern city of Dornogobi, the country’s state-run aid agency said on Monday.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) said the class is open for the country’s 23rd Emergency

Mongolian company sends protective equipment to Kazakhstan

A delivery of protective equipment has been made to the Kazakh Embassy in Ulaanbaatar.The PPE items – 100 products in all – were produced by Mongolia’s national clothes brand Exclusive, which has adapted to manufactureprotective medical clothing for coronavirus preventative

Mongolian children and foreign adoption

Mongolia approved the adoption of a child to a foreign family in the first half of 2020. In addition, the Immigration Agency reported that post-adoption reports of nine Mongolian children have been submitted by nine families in two foreign countries.

UK Visa Application Centre in Mongolia re-opens

Earlier today (23 July), the UK Visa Application Centre in Mongolia re-opened although the county of three million has still yet to open its borders. Currently, the only flights arriving in Ulaanbaatar are repatriation charter flights. Under safety rules for