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‘Khaan Quest-2022’ multinational peacekeeping exercise kicks off www.montsame.mn

The 18th annual Khaan Quest multinational peacekeeping exercise kicked off at the Five Hills Training Area today on June 6. President of Mongolia, Commander-In-Chief of the Mongolian Armed Forces U.Khurelsukh gave opening remarks.
At the start of his remarks, the President noted how Mongolia continues to actively participate in peacekeeping operations as a part of its duties as a UN member, and highlighted that Khaan Quest is one of the joint international exercises regularly organized with the country’s two neighbors as well as other countries such as the U.S., Germany, South Korea, Japan, India, Turkey, and Qatar.
He then underlined that Mongolia will always be open to cooperate with other countries by continuing to implement its peaceful foreign policy.
The Mongolian Armed Forces and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has been jointly organizing the Khaan Quest peacekeeping exercise since 2003. It began to be organized as an international joint exercise from 2006.
About 1,000 military personnel from 15 countries will be participating in the exercise that will take place until June 17.
During the event, training will also be held on women’s participation in peace and security for the very first time, with aims to increase the role and participation of female military personnel in peacekeeping operations.
The opening ceremony was attended by Minister of Defense G.Saikhanbayar, Security and Defense Policy Advisor to the President of Mongolia Ts.Togoo, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mongolia, Lieutenant General D.Ganzorig, Director of Joint Staff for the U.S. Alaska National Guard, Brigadier General Wayne Don, officials of corresponding defense and law enforcement organizations, and foreign Ambassadors, and military attachés.
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Uzbekistan to increase meat supplies from Mongolia www.tashkenttimes.uz

Recently, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan Alisher Turaev met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Batsumber Munkhzhin.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Alisher Turaev briefed the Mongolian side on the ongoing reforms in the country in the field of agriculture, the efforts aimed at introducing modern market mechanisms, develop management systems and increase export potential in this area.
Batsumber Munkhzhin, in turn, spoke about the state of agriculture in Mongolia and noted that animal husbandry was the most developed sector of the agrarian complex of the country, with about 70 million cattle and small cattle in Mongolia, of which about 35 million are sheep.
He also noted that today the mutual supply of goods is mainly carried out through land transportation, in connection with which he proposed to establish charter flights as a new corridor for trade between the countries.
As a result of the meeting, the following agreements were reached:
- increase the volume of food and agricultural products supplied to Mongolia from Uzbekistan;
- increase supplies of meat and meat products from Mongolia;
- the parties will form a list of Uzbek and Mongolian enterprises interested in cooperation in building up trade cooperation and joint projects;
- establish cooperation between the scientific departments of the two countries to transfer Uzbek experience in horticulture and the development of greenhouses.
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Mongolia reports 103 new coronavirus infections www.akipress.com

Mongolia reported 103 new coronavirus infections, the coronavirus statistics as of June 6 showed.
50 of them were revealed among persons who had contact with the infected in Ulaanbaatar, 53 other cases were detected in regions.
No new imported cases of COVID-19 were reported.
The death toll remains at 2,116 as no new deaths related to COVID-19 were reported during the past day.
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Mongolia stresses the relevance of CICA in the modern world www.dknews.kz

As part of a working visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Munkhjin Batsumber visited the CICA headquarters on 31 May 2022, Delovoy Kazakhstan reports.
In a meeting with the high-level guest at the Secretariat, CICA Executive Director Ambassador Kairat Sarybay highlighted the importance of continuing the dialogue with the Mongolian Foreign Ministry on the issues raised during the recent visit of the Secretariat delegation to Ulaanbaatar on 10-11 May 2022, as well as informed about the preparations for the Sixth CICA Summit, the Kazakh Chairmanship’s priorities, and potential joint efforts within the forum.
The Deputy Minister of Mongolia noted the increasing significance of multilateralism in light of the changing geopolitical situation. The Mongolian diplomat stressed the relevance of CICA in finding solutions to global and regional security challenges.
The Executive Director informed his interlocutor about the growing momentum of cooperation between the Member States in CICA’s economic dimension, in particular on such pertinent issues as economic connectivity, development of secure and effective transportation corridors, as well as energy and food security.
The parties also exchanged views on the prospects of interaction through the CICA advisory bodies, the Business and Youth Councils, as well as on potential joint projects as part of the implementation of confidence building measures in CICA’s five dimensions.
Special emphasis was placed on enhancing interaction within CICA in the priority area of environmental protection coordinated by Mongolia.
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Implementation of agreement established with ‘Petrochina Dachin Tamsag’ LLC to be assessed www.montsame.mn

On June 3, the working group in charge of assessing the production-sharing agreement established with ‘Petrochina Dachin Tamsag’ LLC and renewing the agreement based on corresponding legislation held a meeting. Deputy Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan is serving as the head of the working group.
During the meeting, Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry G.Yondon informed the working group members about the production-sharing agreement. He said, “With the adoption of the Law on Petroleum in 1991, Mongolia launched exploration activities. As a result, over 40 million tons of resources were discovered. Thus, from 1993, the ‘Toson-Uul XIX’ and ‘Tamsag XXI’ sites began to be exploited for its oil, which continues to be exported to the People’s Republic of China.
According to the agreement, the side of Mongolia is to acquire 40 percent of the oil. Despite this, our country only receives 24 percent of it as the rest is deducted for cost recovery.
Up until 2022, Mongolia has exported a total of 9.5 million tons of crude oil. Furthermore, there is a study that estimates 1.8 million tons of oil products are annually imported into the country. Thus, it is of utmost necessity to put an oil refinery into operation. In this current time where construction for an oil refinery is underway, it is important to increase exploration and exploitation capacity and build oil pipelines.”
The Deputy Prime Minister tasked the working group members to conduct studies on the implementation of the articles reflected in the agreement established with ‘Petrochina Dachin Tamsag’ LLC, whether the recent amendments made to the Law on Petroleum aligns with international laws, calculate operational expenses in detail, and carry out a study on economic returns.
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Mongolia to hold motor sports festival for tourism www.xinhuanet.com

June 6 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia is planning to hold an international motorsports festival entitled the "Steppe wind" on June 11 here to promote the development of special interest tourism, the tourism department of the capital city said Monday.
The annual festival was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sixth edition is expected to take place under the motto "Healthy People - Alcohol-Free Mongolia".
The festival is of great importance for the development of special interest tourism, promoting Mongolia internationally and attracting more tourists, the tourism department said in a statement.
Hundreds of motorcyclists from all 21 provinces of Mongolia and other countries including Russia, India and Japan are expected to participate in the festival.
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Mongolia, Poland agree to enhance cooperation in varied fields www.montsame.mn

June 6 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg on Monday held talks with her Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau here, during which the two sides agreed to deepen cooperation in varied fields.
Rau arrived on Saturday in Mongolia for a three-day official visit.
The two foreign ministers agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas, such as trade, economy, digital development, education, culture and environment, according to the Mongolian Foreign Ministry.
In addition, the two sides reaffirmed their intention to further deepen bilateral cooperation at regional and international levels.
At the invitation of Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, Polish President Andrzej Duda is expected to pay an official visit to Mongolia this autumn, according to the ministry.
Mongolia and Poland established diplomatic relations in 1950.
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Mongolia now has largest number of Przewalski’s horses www.news.mn

The Przewalski’s horse is the last remaining truly wild horse species in the world. Extinct in the wild in 1960’s, it survived thanks to a successful reintroduction program that began a quarter of a century ago.
The first 16 Przewalski’s horses arrived in Hustai National Park, Mongolia on 5 June, 1992, World Environmental Day transported bythe Dutch NGO FRPH and the Mongolian NGO MACNE’s. Since then, many Przewalski’s horses have come from European countries to Mongolia.
Today, 940 Przewalski’s horses are free ranging in Mongolia, which is the highest number of free ranging Przewalski’s horses in the world. In consequence, the world population status according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species changed from Extinct in the Wild to Critically Endangered in 2008, and to Endangered in 2011.
There is now, three Przewalski’s horse reintroduction sites in Mongolia, Hustai National Park /422/, Great Gobi “B” Strictly Protected Area /386/ and Khomyn tal area /132/.
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B.Batjargal: It is important to involve herders in insurance www.montsame.mn

Within the implementation of the ‘Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness’ program, the issue concerning the health of herders and increasing their involvement in social insurance is being focused.
In the framework of the program funded by the UN SDG Fund, a study on herders’ behaviour towards social and health insurance was conducted between 2020 and 2022 by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection in cooperation with the International Labour Organization, the University of Maastricht, and the Independent Research Institute of Mongolia.
In his opening remarks, UN Resident Coordinator Tapan Mishra expressed gratitude to the International Labour Organization for playing the leading role in implementing the joint program, and noted the importance of promoting the benefits of being involved in social insurance, and for herders to share the information with each other.
“As herders often lack information regarding social insurance, they do not make regular payments of social insurance contribution, which prevents them from being covered by insurance. Factors such as insufficient income and remote geographical location also affect the situation. Another factor negatively affecting the herders’ attitude towards social insurance is how the country’s people have traditionally prioritized current issues rather than those that would yield benefits in the future,” he said.
Head of Social Insurance Policy Implementation and Coordination Department of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection B.Batjargal said, “28 years have passed since social insurance inspectors began to work at 330 soums in the 21 aimags of Mongolia. Although the country has “soft” infrastructure and appropriate amount of human resource in this sense, the total number of herders involved in social insurance amounts to 49,000 as of 2021 - which is insufficient.”
“In order to improve the situation, the law was amended to allow social insurance contracts to be established annually rather than monthly, based on the herder’s income.
According to a study, 80 percent of the 4.2 million mobile phones being used nationwide are smartphones. Therefore, we created the appropriate conditions for making the monthly social insurance payment online.
We are grateful that the ILO conducted a study on herders’ behavior in the framework of the project. As the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection have also previously carried out a study involving 3,000 people in the capital city, it has now become possible to compare the results of these two studies. While the income of many businesses dropped due to the pandemic situation during the last two years, favorable weather conditions allowed herders to maintain their source of income.
Herders who are not covered by health and social insurance would eventually be excluded from the system and included in the welfare group. It is important to take the risk into account to involve herders in insurance,” he added.
A total of 4,000 herders based in eight aimags were involved in a study on ‘Herders’ behaviour towards social and health insurance’. Of the herders, 55 percent were men and 45 percent were women, while 39 percent were aged 35-44, 27 percent were aged 25-34, and 28 percent were aged 45-54.
The average annual income of herder families is MNT 15,278,807, which is close to the average household income calculated by the National Statistical Office (NSO). 81 percent of the participants receive ‘Child Money’ monthly allowance for their children, while only 14 percent receive old-age pensions. The study has also found that 64 percent of the households have loans, while 12 percent have savings.
The 4,000 herders involved in the study own a total of 1,607,784 livestock animals, of which 12 percent are small cattle and 88 percent are large cattle. Those who answered that their livestock and livestock products are their main source of income, also tended to involve their livestock in insurance for a long period of time. One out of three herders (31 percent) insured their livestock against natural disasters, theft, and infectious diseases, and 54 percent of herders insured their livestock for less than 4 years.
36 percent of the herders answered that they are covered by health insurance to protect themselves and their families, while 41 percent said that they are involved in insurance as they consider it to be crucial for herders. As for the herders who were not involved in insurance, they answered that they consider health insurance to be costly and not important. According to the survey, 39 percent of the herders make monthly social insurance contributions, with 29 percent making voluntary payments and 9 percent making mandatory payments.
According to the National Statistics Office of Mongolia, the total number of herders was 298,798 in 2020, which is 8.7 percent of the country's population. In 2010-2020, the number of young herders decreased by 28.9 thousand or 8.8 percent. 19.9 percent of Mongolia’s population are members of herder households, and 24.1 percent of the workforce are employed in the livestock sector. Thus, it is important for herders to be involved in health and social insurance systems that are efficient and accessible.
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The OSCE Chairman-in-Office visits Mongolia www.news.mn

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau visited Mongolia with high-level officials.
During his visit to Mongolia, Minister Rau met with President U.Khurelsukh, Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene, and Foreign Minister B.Battsetseg.
The trip will focus on strengthening the links with the OSCE and highlighting commitment to the Organization’s goals and activities, as well as expressing support for ongoing reforms in visited countries.
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