President Ts.Elbegdorj this
morning inaugurated the 10th International Mongolists Conference at
the Great Hall of Government House. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
G.Zandanshatar also gave a speech welcoming delegates.

Some 300 scholars from 25
countries are taking part and the conference will hear

The Director of the National Law Institute,
D.Batjargal, and two research workers there, G.Oyunbold and B.Odongerel, have
been taking part at the 16th International Criminology Congress in
Kobe, Japan between August 5 and 9. About 1,000 delegates from 60 countries are
attending the assembly.

A Parliamentary delegation headed
by the Secretary General of the Parliament Office, Ts.Sharavdorj, recently
visited the Buryatia Republic of Russia. They held talks with parliamentary
officials in Ulaan-Ude and both sides stressed the need to maintain close ties,
given their proximity to each other.

The demand is growing that a
special session of Parliament should be held to discuss the draft investment
agreement on Tavantolgoi without delay and both the DP and MPP groups in
Parliament are considering asking MPs in their countryside electoral districts
to return to

The legal team for B.Khurts, Administration Chief at the
National Security Council, feels a further appeal against his extradition to
Germany will not be productive but some members of the working group on the case
favor one more try.

A final decision has

The National Movie Academy is
producing a film on the life of the 8th Bogd Janzandamba, the last
king and head of Buddhism in Mongolia, on the occasion of the 100th
anniversary of independence to be observed on December 29.

State Honored writer

The Chiefs of Civil Representatives’
Assemblies of the capital and aimags are on a visit to Hungary, Austria and
Switzerland from August 2 to 12. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the
respective Mongolian embassies have arranged the visit to mark

Ulaanbaatar City and the
University of Ningxia in Yinchuan city in China have signed a memorandum of
cooperation. This came after talks between Deputy Mayor B.Baatarzorig and a
team from the university led by Shu Zhenguo, Recctor of the School of
International Education.

Under

An NGO, The Mongolia-Germany Bridge,
today held a press conference to reveal that the Governments of Mongolia and
Germany are jointly organizing a conference of Mongolians who pursued higher
education and underwent professional training in European countries. It would
be held in Berlin on

Honored President of the Mongolian Mineral Resources Union, Dr. M.Damdinsuren, has told the Mongolian Mining Journal that the mining sector is not new in Mongolia but has entered a new stage of development at present. New mines are being developed