Speaking during the inter-committee meetings in Mongolia’s capital of Ulaanbaatar, Mustafa Sentop termed their bilateral ties "excellent".

“We celebrate the 50th anniversary of our diplomatic relations based on friendship ongoing for thousands of years,” Sentop said.

"Our friendship and relations based on this common history and legacy left by our ancestors will overcome every kind of difficulty,” he said later in a joint news conference with his Mongolian counterpart Gombojav Zandanshatar.

“What we need to do is to strengthen relations in every field to the highest level by benefiting from this historic background,” he added.

A parliamentary assembly composed of Turkish-speaking countries and countries which have common roots is on the cards, Sentop said.

Sentop went on to say that the state-run aid group, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) -- which has realized more than 600 projects in Mongolia so far -- would continue its efforts.

Combatting FETO

With regards to the fight against Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), he said: “I’ve gladly seen that we are on the same page [with Mongolia] on FETO.”

“We are dedicated to not to allow FETO, which is a sneaky terror organization, to poison our relations," he noted.

FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, 2016, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.

Ankara also accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.

For his part, the Mongolian parliament speaker said that they regard Turkey as the “third neighbor” of Mongolia.

Mongolia wants to boost economic cooperation, particularly in tourism, Zandanshatar said.

He also expressed his dedication to rooting out FETO schools in the country, saying: “We are carrying out every kind of work that we can do, against these schools operating in Mongolia.”

Sentop, later, held a closed-door meeting with Mongolian President Battulga Khaltma at the presidential palace.

*Writing by Nilay Kar Onum

O.Dulguun was diagnosed with a liver failure and B Hepatitis. He urgently needed a liver transplant costing USD 300,000-350,000. Family members started a campaign; the nationwide response was instant and MNT 150 million in donations flooded in. Sadly, these were not able to save the young Mongolian’s life.

O.Dulguun arrived USA on 12 June in order to watch the NBA finals. He was given tickets for the NBA finals after winning the Mongolian University Basketball Championships with his team the ‘Etugen Leopards’. He was named as a valuable player in the competition in which a total of 40 teams participated.

The announcement came after the alleged hacker was arrested on Monday.

According to Capital One, the data included names, addresses and phone numbers of people who applied for its credit card products.

But the hacker did not gain access to credit card account numbers, it said.

How many people have been affected?
Capital One is a major credit card issuer in the US and also operates retail banks.

The firm said in a statement released on Monday that the breach affected approximately 100 million individuals in the US and 6 million people in Canada.

The statement added that about 140,000 social security numbers and 80,000 linked bank account numbers were compromised in the US.

In Canada, about one million social insurance numbers belonging to Capital One credit card customers were also compromised.

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The hack was identified on 19 July.

Capital One said the hacker was able to "exploit" a "configuration vulnerability" in the company's infrastructure.

Aside from names and dates of birth, the hacker also managed to obtain credit scores, limits, balances, payment history and contact information.

How has Capital One reacted?
Capital One said it was unlikely the information was used for fraud but it would continue to investigate the breach.

The company will notify those affected and will provide them with free credit monitoring and identity protection.

Chairman Richard Fairbank said in a statement: "While I am grateful that the perpetrator has been caught, I am deeply sorry for what has happened.

"I sincerely apologise for the understandable worry this incident must be causing those affected and I am committed to making it right. "

What do we know about the alleged hacker?
The US Justice Department has confirmed it has arrested a former Seattle technology company software engineer in connection with the breach.

Paige Thompson, 33, was arrested on Monday on charges of computer fraud and abuse. She made an initial appearance in federal court in Seattle.

A hearing has been scheduled for 1 August.

Ms Thompson faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 (£204,713) fine.

As the campaign to cut overcapacity deepens and the industry's profitability increases, the risks of illegal new capacity also start to grow, reflected by the phenomenon that some steel companies play tricks to build new capacity, and the production of substandard steel reoccurs, said Wang Wei, head of the raw material department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

China's steel industry has achieved the upper goals two years ahead of schedule for cutting overcapacity set by the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20), reducing 150 million metric tons of crude steel capacity, and has removed 140 million tons of substandard steel capacity, according to Wang.

To crack down on such behavior, an inspection panel, co-organized by the ministry and the National Development and Reform Commission, will soon start their inspection tour during the third quarter, he said.

"Substandard steel production and violations of related rules and laws when conducting capacity replacement projects will be the focus of the panel's inspection, and they will serve as warnings" to anyone who attempts to increase new capacity illegally, he said.

More work will be done to make it easier for people to report new capacity that violates laws and regulations to the regulators, according to him.

Wang also said the authorities plan to seek suggestions from industry associations to revise and enhance regulations regarding capacity replacement projects. Current regulations ask steel companies to shut down a larger number of existing capacity before building any new ones.

He Wenbo, executive vice-chairman of the CISA, said that to maintain the progress in cutting overcapacity, it is important to improve the layout of steel capacity on a national level, instead of just within a province, a city, or even a county.

He suggested measures to encourage competent steel companies to conduct mergers and acquisitions across cities, provinces and even regions, in order to efficiently cut capacity and enhance the national steel capacity layout.

He also suggested that it is important to evaluate the actual results of capacity replacement projects, to ensure removed old capacity outstrips new capacity, saying that construction of new capacity must be strictly regulated.

In the fast half of 2019, China produced 492 million tons of crude steel and 587 million tons of steel products, with year-on-year increases of 9.9 percent and 11.4 percent respectively, figures from the CISA showed.

The 25-year-old man with a 28-year-old woman have been missing after they went mountain climbing on 18 October, 2018. The Chinese citizens said they would stay on the mountain for three days. However, on 25 October, when they failed to return, the Mongolian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) was alerted and formed a rescue team of 32 people including locals to look for them. However, the rescue team was not able to find them.

Previously, NEMA had established a temporary base 45 km from Khatgal village in Khuvsgul Province and has expanded the search operation for the two Chinese tourists.

Mr. Mustafa Sentop will hold official talks with Speaker of the Parliament G.Zandanshatar, exchanging views on bilateral relations, inter-parliamentary cooperation and other interested matters. Furthermore he will meet with Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh.

Mr. Mustafa Sentop’s visit will continue until July 31.

During his visit, President Kh.Battulga plans to hold a tête-à-tête meeting with President of the United States Donald Trump and an extended bilateral meeting.

Further, the President will meet representatives of the country’s legislature regarding the Mongolia Third Neighbor Trade Act, which was reintroduced to the U.S. Congress.

President Kh.Battulga also plans to attend the Global Leaders Forum conversation on ‘The Future of U.S.-Mongolia Relations’ at the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies and meet Mongolians living and working in the country.

Mongolia’s water resources are unevenly distributed: in the mountainous regions – most notably the north and west of the country – water resources are sufficient. But in the Gobi desert area, underground sources account for 80% of total water consumption. Around 30% of Mongolia’s population has access to the water supply system. About 25% of the population receives water from the water transportation service, over 35% get water from water supply points and less than 10% use water from springs, rivers and snow melt water.