An agreement would be signed
during Prime Minister S.Batbold’s official visit to China for repatriation of convicted
prisoners. Mongolia made a suggestion for this in 2005 and talks since then
have finally led to the present agreement.

The agreement will also allow the
home

The special meeting of the
Government on June 10 decided to reduce excise tax on fuel with effect from
June 15. The tax on A-80 coming through border points at Sukhbaatar,
Zamiin-Uud, Ereentsav and Altanbulag has been reduced from MNT170,000 per ton
to MNT80,000.

The Chief of the Anti Corruption
Authority, Ch.Sangaragchaa, its Deputy D.Sunduisuren, and its Executive
Department Chief U.Altangadas were taken from their detention centers to a camp
on June 10 before being sent to a prison proper on June 15. They were sentenced
to prison

Parliament Speaker D.Demberel
received on Friday a delegation of the U.S. Congress led by Congressman David
Dreier. He told the delegation, visiting Mongolia as part of the “Partners in
Democracy” program of the U.S. Congress, that the Mongolian parliament and
people appreciated the steady

Prime Minister S.Batbold left for Indonesia on June 11 for an official
visit. He will be in  Hong Kong and China
between June 13 and 17 on an invitation from his counterpart Wen Jiabao.

Mongolian
women have so far won six medals at the Asian Freestyle Wrestling
Championship in Jakarta, but the men are yet to open their account.
The tournament has drawn athletes from 17 countries, including, besides
Mongolia, South Korea, China, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Singapore, Japan

A special meeting of the
Government on Friday discussed the visits to the USA and China respectively of
President Ts.Elbegdorj and Prime Minister S.Batbold. The media were not given
any details of what was discussed as the issues were secret. It is believed

The World Bank approved on Thursday in Washington an
investment credit of USD11.0 million as additional financing for the
Sustainable Livelihoods Project II (SLP II) in Mongolia. This will increase the
impact of SLPII by further scaling up institutional mechanisms that reduce
vulnerability and

An international meeting on the economic
value of nature and the ecosystem was held in the Civil Chamber on Thursday and
Friday. Participants from the USA described their experience of conservation
and the costs of running environmental recovery programs.  They and Mongolia

Ecopreneur-2011, an international
contest, ended on Thursday after choosing eight winners from 20 competing
teams, both Mongolian and foreign. The contest was jointly organized by the Mongolian
National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the International Union of Ecopreneurs
and TIC Americans.

 Among the winners