School new year begins on September
3. Usually school new year in Mongolia begins on September 1. But this year
September 1 was Saturday and lessons moved to Monday.

Nationwide 168 thousand children
will study in 927 kindergarten and 506 thousand students will study

Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin
Elbegdorj and his accompanying delegation visited the historic city of Isfahan
on Sunday.

Elbegdorj who had participated in the
16th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran travelled to Isfahan to visit the
historic sites of the city left by the Mongols.

Oljaitu mihrab

A closing ceremony was held to mark
the end of Exercise Khaan Quest 2012 at the Five Hills Training Area near
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 23.

Khaan Quest 2012 is a multinational exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Pacific,
hosted by the Mongolian Armed Forces, and

Presidents
of Iran and Mongolia attended a joint meeting in Tehran on August 31, to
discuss expansion of bilateral ties.

Iran-Mongolia relations are positive and the two countries
have immense historical and cultural fields in commons, said Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting

On August 30, the President of Mongolia Tsakhia ELBEGDORJ
participated in the Ministerial Meeting the XVI Summit of Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM), which is ongoing in Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran on August
30-31, 2012. At the meeting President delivered an addressing speech

China has fallen silent in its pursuit of a deal that would have unlocked
vast seams of Mongolian coal ahead of a deadline that expires next week, as
politics and a slowing Chinese economy likely scotched the proposed $920
million investment.

It is

President of Mongolia, Ts.Elbegdorj, attended the Memorandum
of Understanding signing ceremony during the banquet hosted by the Governor of
Zanjan province, Mohammad Radfi Nejad.
The MoU signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, L. Bold, and the
Governor Mohammad Radfi Nejad

During the visit to the Soltanieh Dome, President of
Mongolia, Ts.Elbegdorj, said “We have just visited the mausoleum of Oljaitu in
Iran. Tolui was the youngest son of Chinggis Khan. His son Hulagu Khan came
here and founded the Ilkhan dynasty. Afterwards, Mongolian

Rio Tinto  has expressed confidence that it would reach an agreement with China
over power supply to the Oyu Tolgoi project well in time so that production
begins on schedule. Oyu Tolgoi  is one of the world’s largest undeveloped
copper and gold assets,

Petro Matad 
has said it will spend up to US$47 million on exploration programmes on the XX
block in Mongolia over the next five years.

This comes as the Mongolian authorities extended the exploration period
under the production sharing contract (PSC) for the block.

While