- The Cabinet decided to allocate MNT 100 million from the Government Reserve Fund for the medical expenses of Firefighter of the Emergency Department of Orkhon aimag E.Unenbat, who lost his ability to work due to the severe burns he sustained while fighting a forest fire in Inget soum of Bulgan aimag in April 2018.

- The Cabinet decided to grant MNT 100 million to the spouse and child of patrol officer, senior sergeant of the Police Department of Bayan-Ulgii aimag I.Erdeneshagai, who died in the line of duty, in support of accommodation expenses. The deceased lost his life while trying to rescue a person from drowning in the Khovd River on February 2, 2019.

- The Cabinet decided to sponsor an event themed ‘Artists - Across the State Border’ by the Boundless Chant NGO from the Government Reserve Fund to pass down Mongolians' time-honored way of thinking and ability to withstand.

- The Governor of the capital city and Mayor of Ulaanbaatar was assigned to comprehensively deal with the land and infrastructure issues concerning the state budget-funded educational, cultural, scientific, and sports projects as early as possible.

- This year, 93 kindergartens, 48 schools and extensions will be inaugurated, increasing school capacities by 21,420 seats and kindergarten capacities by 13,140 beds.

- Minister Yo.Baatarbileg was tasked with cost estimate of demolition of the Natural History Museum and construction hoarding, and finding the financing source for these measures.

- A decision was made to do a study on taking a land under the state special use for construction of the National Arts Theater Complex.

- The Cabinet passed the ‘Procedures for amassment and allocation of funds in the Auto Road Fund’ and ‘ Allocation percentage from gasoline and diesel fuel tax revenues to the Auto Road Fund’ as appendices. The Auto Road Fund will receive MNT 18 thousand from the gasoline or diesel fuel tax revenues generated on a per ton basis.

The agreement, first expected to close in May 2018, but delayed multiple times, also cancels mutual lawsuits, including the government’s environmental claims against Centerra and its subsidiary.

In return, the company has allocated more than $10 million in additional contributions above those required in the strategic settlement to “strengthen its social license to operate.”

The Toronto-based miner has also promised at least $16 million in exploration expenditures at the Kumtor project over a two-year period.

Centerra said it’s now working on cancelling remaining legal proceedings affecting the project, including international proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration as well as certain civil proceedings.

A second completion date, when arbitration and civil proceedings are terminated, is expected to occur in the third quarter of this year. By then, Centerra’s Kyrgyz subsidiary, Kumtor Gold Company, would make payments required under the strategic agreement, including to the Kyrgyz Republic Nature Development Fund and Cancer Care Support Fund.

Kumtor, which lies near the Chinese border at an altitude of 4,000 metres, has produced around 11 million ounces of gold since inception and remaining reserves are pegged at 5.6 million ounces.

The Kyrgyz government owns just under a third of Kumtor and the mine contributes nearly 10% of the country’s GDP.

"The biennial China-Mongolia expo is the largest event to sell Mongolian products," said Yadamsuren Erdenesaikhan, head of the department of small and medium-sized enterprises and cooperative policy implementation at the Mongolian Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.

Scheduled to be held in September in Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and in the cities of Tongliao and Ulanqab in the region, this year's expo will be organized under core programs of the exhibition, covering cultural exchanges, conferences and investment, the official said.

"Mongolian wool and cashmere products and organic meat and processed meat products are most in demand among Chinese consumers. In addition, Chinese consumers, especially citizens of Inner Mongolia, are very interested in traditional Mongolian clothes," he said, adding that the Mongolian companies are preparing to display quality products that meet the needs of Chinese customers.

Mongolia and China have set a 10-billion-U.S.-dollar target for bilateral trade by 2020, he said, expressing hope that the expo will play a major role in achieving the target.

More than 380 Mongolian businesses participated in the second China-Mongolia expo held in Hohhot in 2017, exhibiting products in around 400 categories, according to data from the department of foreign trade and economic cooperation at the Mongolian Foreign Ministry.

Mongolia is one of the destinations of newly-confirmed US Defence Secretary Mark Esper’s visit to the Asia Pacific region. During his visit, he will hold a meeting with Mongolian Minister of Defence N.Enkhbold and pay a courtesy call on President Kh.Battulga. The same day, Russian Deputy Minister of Defence A.V.Fomin will meet with Mongolian Deputy Minister of Defence T.Dulamdorj.

The new stadium is planned to be constructed either in the southeast of the Nisekh-Yarmag traffic circle in Khan-Uul district or around the Mongol Naadam complex in Khui Doloon Khudag, Songinokhairkhan district and commissioned by the 2021 Naadam festival, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the People’s Revolution.

Head of the Cabinet Secretariat L.Oyun-Erdene is leading the working group in charge of both the project development and its budget.

The museum, housed in a humble wooden house has been closed for two years by order of General Agency for Specialized Investigation. After 16 years since it has first repaired, the museum is now under reconstruction.

The museum is now owned by P.Genden’s grandson S.Bekhbat. According to him, the museum is to increase the number of its exhibits from 160 to 200.

G.Tserendulam was only nine years old when P.Genden was dismissed as PM in 1936, after rejecting Stalin’s demands to disband the Buddhist clergy and give Moscow more control. P.Genden’s family was exiled to the Soviet Union, where they were held for over a year near the Black Sea. G.Tserendulam last saw her father one day in 1937, when police whisked him away after lunch – later they executed him. But it wasn’t until 54 years later that she actually received confirmation of his execution via a letter from Mikhail Gorbachev in 1992. The number of people killed in the Mongolian purges is usually estimated to have been between 22,000 and 35,000 people, or about three to four percent of the country’s population at that time. Nearly 18,000 victims were Buddhist lamas.

D.Davaa is accused of illegally appointing retired Lieutenant-General Ts.Byambajav as an academic at the Peacekeeping Training Centre or 311st military unit of Mongolian Armed Force when he was Chief of General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces in 2017. Until he was dismissed from the post in February, 2019, Ts.Byambajav allegedly illegally benefited from a pension worth of MNT 12.2 million.

Former Chief of General Staff D.Davaa was appointed as an adviser to the president in charge of defence affairs in January, 2019.

On the significance of the center, State Secretary B.Bayarsaikhan noted “Training Mongolian engineers and becoming a bridge to export their knowledge, the Mongolian-Indian Outsourcing Center will serve as a Call Center, executing the works in Mongolia like other IT companies of highly developed countries do.”

After the meeting, the sides signed an agreement between the Ministry and Lovely International Trust company. Ambassador of India to Mongolia Mohinder Pratap Singh, who was present at the signing, said “As a result of this project, a part of major projects being carried out in the scope of the Strategic Partnership between Mongolia and India to strengthen the bilateral cooperation, ten thousand young professionals from Mongolia will be trained in India and the human capital of the IT industry will be increased”.

The official WeChat account, based on the country's most popular social network, will not only release timely information on important policies and major events of the region's government in Mongolian, but provide free services including translation between Chinese and Mongolian for the public.

The account can help more people share timely information on the region's policies and events and improve the government's services for the public, according to local authorities.

WeChat, which was created by the Chinese firm Tencent in 2011, is the leading social media app in China.

In addition to being an interactive social media platform, WeChat allows users to manage their accounts and purchase or pay for goods and services, such as air tickets and taxi fares.