Kh. Battulga is not only President of Mongolia, he is also President of the Mongolian Judo Association and, like Vladimir Putin, himself a skilled judoka. Earlier this week, Mongolia’s head of state had a meeting with Mr Marius Vizer, President of the International Judo Federation.

The defence ministers of South Korea and Mongolia agreed on Thursday to work together to resolve the North Korean nuclear and missile issue in their talks which are currently taking place in Seoul.

N.Zoljargal, a former chief of Mongolia’s Central Bank or Mongol Bank has been released on bail. Ulaanbaatar’s Chingeltei District Criminal Court imposed a travel ban on N.Zoljargal but ruled that it was unnecessary to keep him in custody.

Earlier today, 7 December, the Mongolian State Great Khural (parliament) overruled the latest presidential veto on the 2017 budget amendment. A total of 82.4 percent of the MP’s present in the chamber backed the decision of the two standing committees to reject the veto.

The story of ‘Eagle Huntress’ or Aisholpan Nurgaiv will inspire thousands of children worldwide. The young Mongolian Kazakh girl is considered as one of the 100 most extraordinary women and her story has been included in the children’s book ‘Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls’.

G.Gantumur, director of the Mongolian Agency for Standardisation and Metrology is under suspicion of embezzlement and the abuse of power.

Mongolia is implementing several projects targeted at using renewable energy. Several plants have already been put into operation including the 50 MW ‘Tsetsii’ wind farm in Tsogttsetii Soum of Umnugobi Aimag and a 10 MW solar power plant in Khongor Soum of Darkhan-Uul Aimag.

Mongolia is constructing a new international airport to the south of the capital Ulaanbaatar. The new airport will provide better safety and reliability, good links to the city and will contribute to the economic development of Mongolia.

The Government of Japan has agreed to give a JPY 32 billion soft loan to Mongolia.

Mongolian students have dominated the 2017 World Memory Championship which was held in the Indonesian capital Jakarta from 1-3 December. The competition was organized by IAM (International Association of Memory).