President of Mongolia Tsakhia
Elbegdorj issued a degree on celebration a Book Festival on third Saturdaysof
September every year.During
the festival will reveal book exhibition, to nominate best book, to held
discussion with autors bestsellers and to establish book reading rooms in rural
areas.

Lundeg
Purevsuren appointed as National Security and foreign policy advisor to the
President of Mongolia Tsakhia Elbegdorj. Lundeg Purevsuren works as Foreign
policy advisor to the President.

President’s
National security advisor Migeddorj Batchimeg elected as member of parliament.  

Haranga Resources (ASX: HAR) has
inked a memorandum of understanding to secure 5 million tonnes per annum of
export rail capacity for iron ore produced from its Selenge Project in
Mongolia.

This deal is a major step in the development of the Selenge Project,

Mongolia opened its State Palace to visitors on Sunday, on August 25, to
attract more tourists at home and from abroad.

At the opening ceremony, government officials said, it was the first time
that the government headquarters was opened to Mongolian and foreign

The new Mongolian government will continue its foreign policy priorities of
developing bilateral ties with China and make efforts to expand exchanges and
cooperation between the two countries, Mongolian Prime Minister Norov
Altanhuyag said on Thursday.

Altanhuyag made the statement when meeting with visiting

President Elbegdorj received the Member of the Federal Assembly of the State
Duma of Russian Federation Mikhail Viktorovich Slipenchuk. He is one of the two
candidates elected to the Federal Assembly of the State Duma from the Republic
of Buryatia.
At the meeting

Rio Tinto Group (Rio),
developing a $6.2 billion copper-gold mine in Mongolia, is certain of reaching
a power-supply agreement with China  for
the project scheduled to start production next year.

“The negotiation is going well,” Andrew Harding, chief executive officer of
the London-based company’s

At 12 p.m. on Friday, August 24, the new Ambassador of the United States to
Mongolia, Piper Anne Wind Campbell, presented her credentials to the President
of Mongolia.

The ceremony began with an honor guard presentation on Sukhbaatar Square in
front of Government

Switzerland-based Manas Petroleum (CVE:MNP) (OTCBB:MNAP) said it has started
drilling in Mongolia. 

The company”s subsidiary, Gobi Energy Partners, spud its first well in the
region, and plans to drill this first well, known as Ger Chuluu A1, to a depth
of 1,200 metres and

Tsakhia
Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia yesterday received Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo who pay
visit to Mongolia on August 22-25.

In
the beginning Mr Dai Bingguo said “Thank you for welcoming. We have met
recently during the London Olympic Games. I’m glad that Mr.