Mongolia opened its first official
U.S. consulate on Tuesday in San Francisco and that was not just to help out
the local Mongolian population (approximately 3,000, mostly in the East Bay),
or to help with various cultural exchanges. “We”re interested in business
partnerships,” said

Prime Minister S.Batbold and
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed a strategic partnership deal in Beijing on Thursday
while Beijing agreed to provide a USD500-million loan to Mongolia. They signed
the partnership agreement and oversaw the signing of eight other deals on
economic and technology

President Barack Obama and President
Ts. Elbegdorj discussed steps to expand diplomatic, economic and defense
cooperation between the two nations during an afternoon meeting in the Oval
Office in the White House on Thursday. The two leaders said in a joint
statement released after

The Chief of the State Specialized Inspecting Agency,
R.Sodkhuu, today told journalists that many drug stores sell medicines over the
counter and without proper medical prescription or state authorization. Also,
the price of many medicines has gone up by as much as 70%

Parliament yesterday passed, after discussion spread over five long
years, the draft law on transparency and right to information that had been
submitted in 2007. The head of the working group that worked on the draft,
Su.Batbold, and DP leader E.Bat-Uul later spoke

Parliament yesterday discussed the draft law on election before sending
it back to the Standing Committee on State Structure for a final reading.
Speaker D.Demberel noted that this was one of the most significant drafts discussed
in the present session, and hoped the

The Standing Committee on State Structure, the Civil Chamber of the
President, the Women’s Union of Social Democracy, the Democratic Women Union,
and the Civil Will-Green Party jointly organized a discussion in the Civil
Chamber on Wednesday on gender equality in the draft

Minister for Social Welfare and Labor T.Gandhi is taking
part in the 100th session of the International Labor Conference being held in
Geneva between June 1 and 17. She has addressed the plenary session on the present
situation of employment in Mongolia.
Presidents

A hydroelectric station in Taishir soum of Gobi-Altai aimag is supplying
energy to Zavkhan and Gobi-Altai aimags. The Chief of the Energy Regulatory
Board, N.Myagmarsuren, has said the electricity is being supplied along high
voltage lines.

The SME Office is planning to use in two phases MNT75 billion in
Japanese aid to develop SMEs. Of the total amount, MNT3 billion will be spent on
employees’ training and putting in place the right procedural framework. MNT10
billion will be lent