The Mongolian government is planning to conclude some major infrastructure construction projects during 2018.

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and Azerbaijan have signed the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation. The ministers praised the level of political dialogue between the two countries and expressed their confidence that these relations will continue to grow.

With support from international partners, the Mongolian Red Cross (MRS) has provided 1.2 billion MNT (50.1 million U.S. dollars) to 4,500 herder families whose livelihoods are at risk from severe winter conditions, the leader of the agency said on Monday.

Mongolia has started a project to expand its ‘Biocombinat’ state-owned enterprise in cooperation with Hungary. The Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia discussed the project with Hungarian Ambassador Mihaly Galosfai on 12 March.

Mongolia and Turkey will celebrate their 50th year of diplomatic relations in 2019, in which they will seek to reach a new strategic level in ties and increase cooperation between their parliaments.

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Mongolia first joined the United Nations peacekeeping force in 2002 with the deployment of two unarmed military observers to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.

Mongolia’s former president today suggested on Twitter that his country should host the pair’s historic meeting. The meeting, set to occur “by May”, will make Trump the first ever US President to meet with a North Korean leader.

A vaccination programme against pneumonia started in all district hospitals of Ulaanbaatar on 1 March. Two months-old infants are getting the jab first.

Honoured Mongolian State Artist, E.Amartuvshin was awarded with an honour award at the Bravo International Professional Music Awards on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.