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121 citizens from 8 countries whose residence permits have expired have been deported www.eagle.mn

In January, the Department of Foreign Citizens and Nationalities issued visa permits to 1,724 foreign citizens, issued visas to 674 citizens, and issued e-visas to 2,755 citizens from 24 countries through the e-visa.mn system. Also, based on the approval of the competent authorities, 1,217 foreign citizens were granted residence permits in Mongolia, 3,909 citizens had their residence permits extended, and 2,029 citizens were deregistered.
Four planned and 12 unplanned inspections were conducted, 43 business entities and organizations, 651 passports and replacement documents of foreign citizens were inspected, a total of 18 violations were detected and relevant measures were taken. In addition, 1,767 foreign citizens who committed violations were fined under the Law on Violations, and 1 business entity was issued an official demand.
In addition, 121 citizens from 8 countries were deported for reasons such as avoiding leaving Mongolia despite their residence permits having expired, violating visa and registration regulations twice or more and being held liable under the law, and exceeding the validity of their temporary visas.
As of January 2025, there were 31,092 foreign citizens registered to reside in Mongolia for official and private purposes. Of these, 12,852 were workers, 3,816 were investors, 4,812 were for family and other personal purposes, 1,828 were immigrants, 116 were for religious purposes, and 639 were for official purposes.
Source: Mongolian Immigration Agency
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Cuban Boxer and Coach Appointed as Head Coach of the National Team of Mongolia www.montsame.mn

In January 2025, the Mongolian Boxing Federation hosted the Mongolian Elite National Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar City, where winners and medalists were selected to form the National Team of Mongolia. Cuban boxer and coach Rubén Pineiro Sánchez has been appointed as the Head Coach of the National Boxing Team of Mongolia.
Head Coach Sánchez has signed a six-month contract to lead the team. Notably, he previously coached Olympic Champion, Hero of Labor of Mongolia, and Honored Athlete of Mongolia Badar-Uugan Enkhbat in 2004-2005.
In 2025, Mongolian boxers will compete under the guidance of Head Coach Rubén Pineiro Sánchez, Honored Athlete of Mongolia Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu, and International Masters of Sport J. Erkin and O. Batkhuu. Their first competition will be the World Boxing Cup 2025, a key ranking tournament set to begin on February 29 in Brazil.
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Foreign Minister of Mongolia to Pay Official Visit to the Sultanate of Oman www.montsame.mn

At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamud Al-Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh will pay an official visit to the Sultanate of Oman on February 18-20, 2025.
During the official visit, Foreign Minister Battsetseg plans to hold official talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman and meet with the Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, and officials of the Oman Investment Authority. The agenda of the meetings and talks includes maintaining the momentum of bilateral relations that have been intensifying in recent years, expanding cooperation in trade, investment, economy, mining, energy, and tourism, as well as exchanging views on international and regional issues of mutual interest.
This official visit is a reciprocal visit to Oman’s Foreign Minister’s visit to Mongolia in 2024 and is notable as the first Foreign Ministerial level visit from Mongolia after about 30 years, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mongolia and the Sultanate of Oman established diplomatic relations on April 27, 1992.
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Mongolia and India to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations www.montsame.mn

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh met with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on February 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference.
At the meeting, the Foreign Ministers concurred to hold high-level visits, business forums, and cultural events between the two countries in connection with the historic 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and India this year. The Ministers also agreed to deepen bilateral relations through cooperation mechanisms such as the Intergovernmental Commission and Consultative Meetings between the Foreign Ministries and to explore opportunities for introducing advanced Indian technology to the Mongolian agricultural sector and for hiring Indian English language teachers in Mongolia.
Foreign Minister Battsetseg expressed her gratitude to the Indian side for its support in arranging additional financing for the Oil Refinery Plant Project. The Ministers confirmed their commitment to the continued collaboration to implement the project within the planned timeframe.
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Struggling to breathe: In Mongolia, long known as the Land of the Blue Sky, air pollution has reached a crisis point www.theglobeandmail.com

Mongolia is known as the Land of the Blue Sky.
But for the 1.6 million residents of its capital, Ulaanbaatar, clear skies are a rare luxury.
A toxic pall hangs over the city, particularly during the winter months. Ulaanbaatar, which sits in a valley, is among cities with the worst air quality in the world.
Residents know this – they can see the pollution in the air and taste it in their food. And they can trace its effects in the health of their children.
In the world’s coldest capital, the average temperature in February is -18°C. However, the majority of its citizens live in yurts (called ger) and other inexpensive forms of housing – dwellings that require a lot of energy to heat.
Traditionally, Mongolians burned a wood fire in a central hearth, but over many years of Soviet rule, that method was replaced with coal stoves, with dangerous results.
Three hundred Mongolians die each year from air-pollution-related illnesses. Of those, 240 are children. As of 2020, 38.8 per cent of all reported respiratory diseases were among children under the age of five.
Some nurseries are equipped with air monitors and purifiers.
Pregnant women suffer, too, with fetal deaths spiking in the more polluted winter months.
“It’s not just winter pollution,” says activist Dulguun Ganbaatar. “Coal dust settles on the soil, plants and water.”
Mongolia’s economy is reliant on coal. Raw materials account for more than 90 per cent of exports. And coal plants provide 93 per cent of the country’s energy.
(By comparison, recent figures show coal provides 3.8 per cent of Canada’s electricity.)
Traffic, as elsewhere in the world, also contributes. The number of vehicle registrations has doubled over the past decade.
Mongolian cars and trucks, often with decades-old engines, run on less refined fuel, and their emissions make up 20 per cent of the city’s pollution. Since 2016, citizens have been staging yearly protests in the thousands, asking the government to intervene.
In 2017, the cabinet approved a National Program on Reduction of Air and Environmental Pollution, but their stated goals have not been reached – such as a target to halve air pollution by 2025.
The protesters say that foreign aid and their own government’s money have not provided the results they should have.
“It’s the wind that solves the problem, not the government,” says Ganjavkhlan Chadraabal, the organizer of a recent protest in Ulaanbaatar.
“Billions have been invested, with no result.”
In 2019, in an attempt to improve indoor air, the government banned the use of raw coal, replacing it with briquettes made from a coal byproduct called semicoke.
However, the quality of the briquettes is now under question.
Some users allege the briquettes contain toxic additives, and an inspection of the Tavan Tolgoi Fuel Company is under way.
Through the efforts of various non-profits and individuals, 70,000 people signed a petition asking parliament to hold a public hearing on air pollution and government spending.
Even though air pollution-related fatalities are lower than in 2016, improvements are relative.
In 2024, air quality in the winter was overwhelmingly bad, with measurements far exceeding health guidelines.
“What’s missing is political will. How many more lives must be lost, and how much more suffering must we endure before leaders take decisive action?”
Photography and story
by Natalya Saprunova
About the photographer
Born in Murmansk, in the Arctic region of Russia, Natalya Saprunova is a Paris-based photographer. Her work explores societal issues such as identity, environment, climate change, youth, femininity and spirituality. Since 2019 she has been travelling the far north, visiting the Saami tundras, Yakutia, the Canadian Arctic and Mongolia.
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ADB Capital Utilization Plan Expands Operations by 50 Percent Over Next Decade www.montsame.mn

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a plan to scale up its operations by 50 percent over the next decade, leveraging its existing capital base to enhance its development impact across Asia and the Pacific.
The Capital Utilization Plan (CUP) outlines a pathway for increasing ADB’s annual financing commitments from USD 24 billion in 2024 to exceed USD 36 billion by 2034. This expanded financing will bolster ADB’s developing member countries’ (DMCs) efforts to address critical development priorities in the region.
“This dynamic plan responds to the changing needs of our region and strengthens the transformative impact of ADB’s work, improving the lives of people and safeguarding our planet,” said ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa. “By utilizing our enhanced lending capacity, the CUP enables us to make strategic investments to address complex challenges while raising the quality and effectiveness of our operations across the region.”
The CUP represents the next step in ADB’s ongoing evolution. It builds on capital management reforms in 2023 that significantly increased ADB’s financing capacity, and on last year’s update of its corporate strategy that set ambitious targets in five focus areas. ADB also strengthened concessional lending and bolstered the Asian Development Fund, the largest source of grants for its poorest and most vulnerable member countries, in its most recent replenishment.
The CUP envisions a sharp increase in ADB’s lending commitments over the next two to three years, supported by an expansion in staff and technical assistance resources, followed by a period of steady and sustained growth. Nonsovereign operations are expected to grow at an accelerated pace, rising from 20 percent to 27 percent of commitments over the decade, while sovereign operations will expand at a moderate pace with a more balanced and diverse portfolio.
Over the next decade, ADB’s net income is projected to grow steadily. ADB intends to strategically invest part of this income to help DMCs develop high-quality, bankable projects and mobilize sustainable finance through capital markets. New intended initiatives include a borrowing facility with financial and non-financial incentives to drive investments in resilience and sustainability, and more flexible instruments to enhance project preparation.
ADB will develop operational approaches to guide its future work on private sector development, digital transformation, regional cooperation, and public goods. These initiatives are designed to ensure that ADB meets its corporate targets for 2030. This includes increasing the share of climate finance to 50 percent of total commitments and reaching total private sector financing of USD 13 billion, from both ADB's own financing and direct mobilization, for the year 2030. Progress against the CUP will be reviewed each year to ensure alignment with the region’s evolving needs and priorities.
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Mongolia Aims to Lift Chinese Coal Sales to 100 Million Tons www.bloomberg.com

Mongolia is aiming to increase its coal exports to China by almost a fifth this year, as it seeks to expand energy cooperation with its resource-hungry neighbor.
The central Asian nation forecasts that exports of the power and steelmaking fuel will rise to 100 million tons in 2025, Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai said in an interview on Monday. The two nations reached a deal on Friday for a new cross-border rail link that will increase capacity by 30 million tons.
Mongolia Seeks to Expand on Growing China Coal Trade
Nation wants to complete a cross-border rail link
It’s one of several rail connections Oyun-Erdene is hoping to create, eventually boosting the nation’s coal export capacity to China to 165 million tons, nearly double the almost 84 million tons it sent last year. He also wants to cooperate with China and other nations across energy sectors, from green power generation to hydrogen production and natural gas transit.
“Mongolia has vast land capable of producing energy,” Oyun-Erdene said. ”We can sell the energy to China and also other Asian superpowers.”
China posted record coal imports last year, which were driven by big increases from Australia and Mongolia, with the latter accounting for 60% of its southern neighbor’s coking coal imports for steelmaking.
Although China’s steel industry is struggling and its demand for coal generally is flattening, Mongolia is well placed to hold or even grow its market share at the expense of supplies from Russia, which have become increasingly expensive.
Trilateral Talks
Mongolia’s government also plans to push for trilateral negotiations with China and Russia over the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, a massive proposed natural gas conduit that has stalled over price negotiations. Mongolia is ready to move forward with it if an agreement can ever be reached, Oyun-Erdene said.
The Mongolian Prime Minister has proposed to Chinese Premier Li Qiang to host a trilateral meeting in Ulaanbaatar to push the gas deal after talking to President Vladimir Putin. “The Mongolian government is ready to sign the agreement and move forward with this project when the purchase agreement is concluded between” Russian and Chinese state-owned firms, he said.
The nation also wants to use its coal reserves to produce hydrogen, which has been touted as a fuel of the future for heavy industries like steelmaking. Oyun-Erdene said Mongolia has been in talks with countries in the Middle East about potentially exporting its hydrogen to them.
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Social Responsibility Agreement Signed for Reducing Environmental Pollution www.montsame.mn

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia, the Governor’s Office of the Capital, the National Committee for Air Pollution Reduction, and representatives of enterprises have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation.

The Government of Mongolia called for cooperation between government agencies and the private sector to reduce air pollution. In addition, the law provides for tax breaks for private enterprises that invest in reducing air and environmental pollution. Within the framework of the cooperation, enterprises will invest up to MNT 5 billion in actions for reducing air pollution in Ulaanbaatar.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia, Member of the National Committee for Air Pollution Reduction Odontuya Saldan noted, “Reducing air pollution is not just a matter of one sector, ministry, or organization. It requires the involvement of many stakeholders, including citizens, non-governmental organizations, and businesses. The monetary donations of these companies as part of their social responsibility will be spent effectively on reducing air pollution. The National Committee meeting will decide which projects to invest in and on collaboration.”

The “Joint Agreement on Social Responsibility to Reduce Environmental Pollution” was signed by 10 entities, including “Monosfarm,” “South Gobi Sands,” “Boroo Gold,” and “Monpolymet.” Minister Odontuya emphasized that other enterprises can also conclude this type of agreement.

As part of the Agreement, the “Monos” group will spend MNT 2 billion this year to reduce air pollution, said the company’s General Director Erdenechimeg Luvsan. “Over the past 10 years, trillions of tugriks have been spent on reducing air pollution, but it is not clear what they were spent on and how much the pollution decreased. The enterprises will monitor their pollution reduction activities. I am confident that by monitoring whether the investments are being spent on the right objectives, we will achieve results.”

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ATC: Investigated 89 criminal complaints and information www.eagle.mn

The Investigation Department of the Anti-Corruption Bureau investigated 89 criminal complaints and information from February 10-16, 2025. Of these, 12 complaints and information were forwarded to the prosecutor with a proposal to open an investigation case, 7 complaints and information were forwarded to the prosecutor with a proposal to refuse to open an investigation case, and 2 complaints and information were transferred according to jurisdiction, and 68 complaints and information are currently being reviewed and investigated.
In addition, out of 905 criminal cases investigated, 12 cases were referred to court last week, 12 cases were closed, 1 case was forwarded to the prosecutor with a proposal to transfer according to jurisdiction, and 2 cases are being investigated together. Currently, 878 cases are under investigation.
A detective report was written and submitted to the relevant authorities to eliminate the causes and conditions that contributed to the crime.
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Mongolia's GDP grows 4.9 pct in 2024 www.xinhuanet.com

Mongolia's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 4.9 percent year-on-year in 2024, official data released by the country's National Statistics Office (NSO) showed Monday.
The country's GDP for the year totaled 80.0 trillion Mongolian Tugriks (over 23.1 billion U.S. dollars), the NSO said in a report.
The economic growth was primarily driven by significant expansions in the mining and service sectors, which played a pivotal role in the overall performance of the Mongolian economy.
Mongolia, known for its rich natural resources, has long relied on the mining sector as a central pillar of its economic development.
In 2023, the country's economy grew by 7.0 percent, largely supported by the mining sector, according to the NSO.
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