The Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy yesterday discussed implementation of the Government program between 2008 and 2012 in military and foreign relations.S.Oyun asked how the MNT150 million for Mongolian citizens abroad had been spent, what agreements had been

The Standing Committee on State Structure yesterday criticized the pace of implementation of the Government program between 2008 and 2012. Members did not accept the claim of the Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat, Ch.Khurelbaatar, that 83% of it has been

Minister for Social Welfare and Labor T.Gandhi yesterday received the Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific, Ms. Noleen Heyzer, and told her that the country’s major problems were poverty,

New taxis were introduced to Ulaanbaatar yesterday at a ceremony in Sukhbaatar Square attended by Minister for Road, Transportation and Urban Development Kh.Battulga, Mayor G.Munkhbayar, senior officials of Hyundai Motors, and representatives of the Ulaanbaatar Taxi Transport Service LLC. The

Deputy Speaker N.Enkhbold yesterday received a parliamentary delegation from Kirgizstan headed by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bakit Torobaev. He said bothcountries had the same social and economic system before 1990 and now that both are democracies and have a

The State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, D.Tsogtbaatar, answers our journalist’s questions on the ongoing three-day Asia-Pacific Policy Dialogue on the Implementation of the Almaty Program of Action and other Development Gaps faced by Landlocked Developing

Mongolia and China have signed an agreement to use a grant of CNY 40 million to set up a rehabilitation-and-relaxation center for Mongolian troops who return from UN peacekeeping operations. Ts.Sukhbaatar, Ambassador of Mongolia to China, and Maj-Gen Jia Xiaoning,

The Standing Committee on the Economy yesterday reviewed the work report of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and found its performance satisfactory. The FRA has mentioned certain obstacles to its working better. One is that its computers are not high-speed

MCS International LLC has won the tender to build the transmission lines for a power plant to come up in the near future to provide electricity to some parts of the gobi and to mines there. A 12-mw power station

UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific Noleen Heyzer is officially visiting Mongolia between April 11 and 15 on an invitation from Foreign Minister G.Zandanshatar. She has called on President Ts.Elbegdorj and