L.Purevsuren, the President’s adviser on foreign affairs and former foreign minister, has delivered a written message from Ts.Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia to his Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

A memorandum of cooperation was signed on Monday 30th of January by D.Jigjidnyamaa, director of the Ulaanbaatar Railway Joint Venture Company and Mr K.K.Alpysbayev, president of Kazakhstan Railways (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy or KTZ).

The 11th annual International Mongolian Studies Conference was held at the Embassy of Mongolia in Washington D.C. on 27-28th of January.

Traffic police in the smog-covered Mongolian capital, are now wearing protective face masks while on duty.

On Saturday (28th of January), thousands of Mongolians demonstrated in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, calling for the government to take action on air pollution. Protesters, some wearing face masks and holding black balloons, gathered as temperatures fell to -22C.

Belarus is ready to cooperate with Mongolia in the field of advanced technologies in the production and processing of agricultural products, Belarusian Ambassador to the country Stanislav Chepurnov said in an interview with the Mongolia News newspaper.

The Mongolian Democratic Party leadership election took place on 29th of January. The clear majority winner was S.Erdene. The counting of votes  continued through the night and only this morning, was the election commission able to announce the winner.

The National Council of Mongolian Public Radio & Television has conducted and concluded an election to choose its new Director General.

Mongolia’s first ever skew rolling mill has opened at the Darkhan Metallurgical Plant (DMP). It will help to halt the USD 60 million currency out flow from Mongolia. The plant is the result of a range of projects initiated by the previous Democratic Party led parliament to increase export production and replace imports.

Over recent days, the temperature has been much milder in Mongolia. Today (Friday 27th January), it was ’only’ -13 deg C in the capital Ulaanbaatar.