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Uzbekistan expresses interest in establishing meat processing joint venture in Mongolia www.akipress.com

Uzbekistan expressed interest in cooperation with Mongolia in agriculture sphere. In particular, the country is interested in establishing an intensive livestock farm and a meat processing joint venture in Mongolia.
Mongolia exported 500 tons of meat to Uzbekistan in 10 months of this year, and Tashkent expressed desire to increase this volume.
Tashkent is interested in importing halal meat from Ulaanbaatar, as well as exporting fruits, herbs and vegetables.
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Mongolia registers 7 COVID-19 cases in past 24h www.akipress.com

Mongolia registered 7 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours.
5 of them were contacts in Ulaanbaatar, and 2 were recorded in the regions. No imported cases were found.
The death toll from coronavirus remained 2,136.
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Mongolia and Bulgaria to Launch Joint Program to Expand Cultural Cooperation www.montsame.mn

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of Bulgaria Sayanaa Lkhagvasuren and Minister of Culture of Bulgaria Velislav Minekov signed a five-year program for cooperation in culture, education, and science between the governments of the two countries in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 21, 2022.
In particular, the parties will exchange at least one student per year at the bachelor's and doctorate level, and enroll them in full-time courses with government scholarships except in the fields of medicine, fine arts, and physical education. Within the framework of the five-year program, wide opportunities will be created to implement various projects and programs in the field of culture, art, education, and science and exchange experience between the two countries' youth and sports organizations.
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Mystery of Mongolia's 'reindeer stones' continues to endure www.unexplained-mysteries.com

Thousands of mysterious ancient stones depicting images of reindeer can be found dotted across the landscape.
Known as 'deer stones' or 'reindeer stones', these enigmatic megaliths can be found dotted across some of the most wild and remote regions of Mongolia and Siberia.
Measuring up to 4.5 meters in height, the stones vary in size and weight. Some of them have curiously rounded tops, which others have straight ones.
Perhaps the most intriguing thing about them, however, is the fact that each of the stones is adorned with images depicting human faces, weapons, animals and more. By far the most common among these are images of reindeer - some of which are even depicted as flying through the air.
Exactly who created the stones and why continues to remain a long-running archaeological mystery.
It was once believed that the Scythians, who were present in the region from the 7th to the 3rd century BCE, were responsible, but carbon dating has since revealed that the stones were built before then.
As for their purpose - it has been speculated that they may have held some sort of ritualistic significance and may have even been burial monuments used during the funerals of celebrated warriors, though excavations have failed to turn up any remains giving credence to this idea.
Other experts, meanwhile, believe that they may have had something to do with reindeer herding.
As things stand, however, nobody knows for sure.
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The Great Silk Road Outpost and Ancient Settlement of Otyrar Partially Restored, Ready to Receive Tourists www.astanatimes.com

ASTANA – Kazakh scientists announced the results of their archaeological excavations and restoration works carried out as part of a three-year project on the ancient Otyrar city’s partial restoration during a meeting with Kazakh Minister of Culture and Sports Dauren Abayev in the Turkistan Region on Dec. 10, according to the ministry’s press service.
Otyrar is one of Central Asia’s most ancient cities, whose history dates back 2,000 years. It was a significant cultural and trade center located on one of the main branches of the Great Silk Road. The city is also known as Farab because world-famous philosopher and mathematician Abu Nasr Muhammad Al-Farabi was born and grew up in this area.
The period from the 10th to 12th centuries was a time when urban life flourished and when numerous palaces, bathhouses and mosques appeared. In 1219, the city was besieged by famed Mongolian emperor Genghis Khan’s troops, but it rose from the ruins and became a major trading hub from West to East by the middle of the 13th century.
Scientists discovered Hanaka, a shelter for Central Asian Sufism followers, on the territory of the ancient settlement, where they could live and pray. It was built by the ruler of the Ak Orda (White Horde) Yerzen Khan.
They found a dwelling house and pottery, which existed in the 15th and 16th centuries, at the city’s entrance near the Zharakty gate. Some industrial facilities were adjacent to the residential part, while two-chamber pottery stoves and platforms for making and drying ceramic ware were placed under the canopy in front of the house.
Archaeologists also uncovered a bakery complex and a residential district on a 17th-century market square.
The specialists also partially restored the monumental mosque of burnt brick and Berdibek’s Palace, where Timur, a Turkic and Mongol ruler and founder of the Timurid Empire, hosted Tokhtamysh Khan’s ambassadors at the beginning of the 15th century. They also completely reconstructed the Zharakty gates, the Northern gates and the Sopykhan’s gates.
To preserve the monuments and ensure the safety of tourists in the Otyrar settlement, the professionals illuminated the streets with electric lights, paved pedestrian paths for tourists and electric vehicles, installed security cameras and a warning system, and set up benches, fountains, toilets and trash cans.
During his visit to the region, Abayev met with tourist industry representatives and initiated the creation of a tour along the Great Silk Road.
“Grand route on the Great Silk Road will cover Almaty, Taraz, Shymkent, and Turkistan cities and include all major cultural and historical sites of the southern regions. Tourists should be offered a visit to such historical and cultural sites as the mausoleums of Aisha Bibi, Babaji Khatun and Tekturmas in Taraz, Shymkent’s ancient citadel and Ibrahim-ata’ mausoleum as well as the mausoleums of Arystan Baba and Khoja Akhmet Yassawi, Otyrar settlement and Sauran in Turkistan,” noted Abayev.
In response to the minister’s proposal, local tour operators expressed their readiness to create pilgrimage, ethnographic and combined tours along the route lasting from one to six or seven days.
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Rio Tinto venture makes strategic investment in Regulus Resources www.mining.com

Nuton, a Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO; NASDAQ: RIO) venture that has developed innovative copper sulphide leach technologies, is taking a 16.5% stake in Regulus Resources (TSXV: REG) for $15 million.
Nuton’s technologies have the potential to process arsenic-bearing copper sulphides with a lower carbon footprint and less impact on water resources than traditional concentrator processing, and the company will test its process on samples from Regulus’ AntaKori copper project in northern Peru.
“Through Nuton, Rio Tinto has developed sulphide leaching processing technologies that could allow for the processing of high arsenic ores without the need for additional on-site treatment or paying heavy penalties to a smelter,” Regulus CEO John Black stated in a press release announcing the private placement, adding that the investment by one of the largest miners in the world “is another strong endorsement for the AntaKori project.”
Under the private placement, Nuton will acquire 20.06 million common shares of Regulus at a price of C$1.02 per share. Nuton will be allowed to nominate a director to the Regulus board and the two companies will form a joint venture advisory committee to share expertise, exploration concepts and development opportunities at the project.
AntaKori, 600 km north of Lima and 60 km northwest of the city of Cajamarca, is 7 km northwest of Gold Fields’ (NYSE: GFI) Cerro Corona porphyry copper-gold mine and 45 km northwest of the Yanacocha gold mine owned by a Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) and Buenaventura Mining (NYSE: BVN) joint venture. Regulus notes that concentrate exports could move through the port facility of Eten, 230 km to the west.
The Rio Tinto investment follows a $5 million investment by Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR) in mid-October in exchange for a net smelter return royalty ranging from 0.125% to 1.5% on certain claims of the AntaKori project. The deal also gives Osisko a right, currently held by Regulus, to buy-back a 1% NSR from a third party on certain claims at the project. The investment was Osisko’s second in AntaKori. It first struck a strategic partnership with Regulus in October 2020.
AntaKori currently has indicated resources of 250 million tonnes grading 0.48% copper, 0.29 gram gold per tonne and 7.5 grams silver per tonne, and inferred resources of 267 million tonnes grading 0.41% copper, 0.26 gram gold and 7.8 grams silver. Mineralization remains open in all directions, Regulus says.
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Mongolian artists build an ice hotel in Sweden www.news.mn

An ice hotel, built by Mongolian artists in Sweden has become a new tourist attraction. Ice carvers Ts.Monkh-Erdene and E.Uugantsetseg has built the ice hotel in 17 days. Rooms temperature of the hotel is minus 5 degrees Celsius and already begun receiving customers.
Ts.Monkh-Erdene makes carvings on snow and ice in winter. He usually makes craving arts on wood and sand.
E.Uugantsetseg graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in 2004.
The married couple have been participating in major competitions together in recent years.
They also took second place at the third annual international ice carving competition held on Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal in February 2022.
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From Steppe to Global Demand: Mongolia's Halal Meat Export Industry Takes Off www.mongoliaweekly.org

Halal meat is a lucrative and rapidly expanding market. Mongolia's vast livestock population and commitment to halal slaughtering norms make it a promising player in the global halal meat market.
Mongolia has exported 500 tons of meat and by-products to Uzbekistan in the first 10 months of 2022.
During a virtual meeting with the Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan, the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia expressed that there is a good opportunity for Mongolia to increase exports to Uzbekistan in the future.
In December 2022, Uzbekistan gave permission for nine Mongolian enterprises to import meat and meat products, which has increased the number of enterprises that can export to the country to 26.
In 2019, the two countries agreed to work on joint projects and programs to further expand cooperation in animal husbandry and veterinary care, and they mutually agreed on veterinary certificates. This opened the possibility of exporting meat and meat products to Uzbekistan.
During the bilateral meeting, the two countries discussed the development of cooperation in the livestock sector and collaboration on a project to build a quarantine zone with a veterinary regimen implemented by the government.
The representatives of Uzbekistan also expressed a willingness to expand imports by establishing a joint farm in Mongolia. The parties agreed that it would be effective to cooperate in the "quarantine zone with a veterinary regimen" of the three western provinces of Mongolia.
Mongolian enterprises have been introducing Halal Slaughtering Norms in recent years, which creates an opportunity to supply Halal meats and meat to countries such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Azerbaijan.
During the SCO summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in September 2022, the Presidents of the two countries met and agreed to establish an intergovernmental commission between Mongolia and Uzbekistan.
The first meeting of the intergovernmental commission is planned to be held in Uzbekistan in the first quarter of 2023 and will be chaired by the Ministers of Agriculture of the two countries.
The meat industry, particularly exports, is one of the most promising avenues for Mongolia to diversify its economy away from overreliance on extractive industries such as mining.
Mongolia now exports relatively small number compared to the national livestock herd of over 90 million animals.
Mongolia’s large ratio of livestock to its human population of about 3.4 million means the country has a lot of room to grow its meat exports.
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For over a century the people of Keighley and Ilkley have looked to the Labour Party to bring about social progress and economic change. www.mongolianbusinessdatabase.com

FORMER Keighley and Ilkley Labour MP John Grogan (Chairman of Mongolian British Chamber of Commerce) has been chosen by the party to contest the seat again at the next general election. Please see his message as following and on the FB link https://fb.watch/hw1VJSdQYT/
Hastings Lee Smith was elected as Keighley's first ever Labour Member of Parliament 100 years ago . Moreover , when he lost the seat at a subsequent General Election he went on to win it back .
Now Labour is committed to:
- An Annual £28 billion green investment fund;
- £6 billion a year insulating homes
- Employment rights for all workers from Day 1
- The development of a National Care Service
- Ending the charitable status of private schools and using the money saved to ensure every child has an up-to-date computer
Creating a National Energy Company
I would also like us to
- End the dumping of sewage and stop new incineration projects.
- Give real power and money to Yorkshire so we can make our own decisions on transport and investment
- Introduce Electoral reform
- Build back a better relationship with our trading partners in Europe
- Tax income gained from wealth like income gained from employment to give more money for schools and hospitals
We need the basics
- Food on every family's table in a warm room
- A doctor and a dentist when you need one
- Clean Air and Clean Rivers
- Decent housing and Decent jobs
- A chance for all talent from whatever background to shine
It's time to unite not divide
It's time for ordinary people: Nobody left behind, nobody held back.
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Thousands protest inflation, corruption in Mongolia www.themilitant.com

For more than a week thousands of demonstrators, most of them young, have braved subzero temperatures to protest corruption in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The demonstrations began Dec. 4 as prices for necessities have soared. This included a 40% jump in the price of coal used for heating, and after media reports said 385,000 tons of state-owned coal, worth an estimated $120 million, was unaccounted for between 2013 and 2019. The discrepancy was uncovered when Mongolian export data was compared with import data provided by China.
The protesters clashed with police Dec. 5 in front of the Government Palace at Genghis Khan Square where large crowds demanded officials come out and face the people.
“They seem to forget what they promised us,” a student who gave her name as Bayarmaa told the press, referring to government pledges after protests last April. “But they aren’t doing anything, taking our money, filling their own bellies.”
Two herders told the press they had traveled to the capital to join the protests. “Doing nothing is not right. I think it is right that young people are angry,” said Enkh Amidral, a father of three, who wants the government to “punish the thieves.” Some 60% of Mongolians — including thousands of herders — live in traditional tents, heated by coal-powered stoves.
“Come out, come out!” people shouted at the government building. “If the citizens rise up,” one sign said, “the feast is over!”
Demonstrators say they are determined to stay in the streets even after Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi, one of the country’s largest state-owned coal-mining firms, was put under government supervision and a handful of officials arrested. On Dec. 13 the government said it planned to list the mine for public sale, claiming this will drive out graft.
“We want the big fish,” Bayaraa Damiran said at one rally. “They arrested seven or eight officials who were on the bottom. We want to know the big fish at the top.”
For many the theft was the final straw. The country’s economy has been battered by rising fuel costs following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and the disruption of trade with China whose government closed its borders during the pandemic. These developments exacerbated the crippling inflation.
How could government officials “just be so calm when the citizens are buying bread by (the) slice, not by the loaf?” one protester told TenGer TV.
Wedged between Russia and China, Mongolia depended heavily on the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. Russia is still the sole source of electricity to Mongolia’s western region and the country gets 60% of its gasoline, liquid petroleum and diesel from Russia. So far the government has refused to take a definitive position on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, an issue that became more pressing as thousands of Russian men migrated there in October to avoid conscription.
Beijing, meanwhile, dominates Mongolia’s trade, with 86% of its exports going to China. Coal, which generates half of Mongolia’s export revenue, sells at about $70 per ton in Mongolia but brings $140 per ton in China. Capitalist social relations, unequal trade terms and lack of direct access to the sea, along with widespread corruption, mean one-third of the 3.5 million Mongolians live in poverty despite the country’s vast mineral wealth and coal deposits.
BY Vivian Sahner
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