Mongolian Foreign Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil is currently visiting Moscow on a two-day visit at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. During the visit (13-14th of February), Mr Munkh-Orgil concluded an agreement with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on a cooperation agenda in trade, the economy and investment between the two countries.

The Ulaanbaatar Investment Summit-2017 will be held on 20th of February. The business forum is being organised by the Ulaanbaatar City Administration in cooperation with the Ulaanbaatar Chamber of Commerce.

On 13th of February, the Mongolian General Election Commission held  a press conference about preparation for the 2017 President Election.

On 10th of February, at a plenary meeting, Parliament approved a resolution to nationalise Mongolia’s copper, gold and iron-ore assets. This follows a probe that found that a $400 million transaction with a closely held company had been illegal.

The Jeju Olle Foundation, the caretaker of the Olle Trail on South Korea’s largest tourist island of Jeju, said Monday it will launch two hiking trails in Mongolia starting June that it has developed in cooperation with the state-run Jeju Tourism Organisation and a tourism agency in the Northeast Asian country.

Since 2003, Mongolia has received USD 57.9 million from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The February rankings have been released by United World Wrestling for men’s freestyle.

Mongolian Foreign Minister Ts.Munkh-Orgil will visit Moscow on 13-14th of February at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.

The ‘Rescue team’ from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Mongolia last week for its second visit and has carried out discussions on the government bailout programme with officials.

On 10th of February, the State Great Khural of Mongolia (parliament) approved the law on Development Bank of Mongolia.