U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry started a brief official visit to Mongolia.
During the meeting, Kerrry is scheduled to discuss with Monglian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorg and his foreign minister Londig Purevsuren bilateral relations between (...)
A Canadian businessman has been found dead in his room at an upscale hotel in Mongolia's capital Ulan Bator, police said Friday, according to AP.
Jim Doak, 59, was found dead Thursday morning by cleaning staff at the Blue Sky hotel. Canadian media (...)
A political crisis in Mongolia appeared to be coming to an end Friday with the selection of a new prime minister.
According to dpa, the Mongolian parliament announced on its website that Chimed Saikhanbileg from the Democratic Party had been chosen (...)
AlQa'dah 8, 1435, Sep 3, 2014, SPA -- Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Mongolian counterpart on Wednesday during a five-hour working visit to a traditional friendly neighbor, AP reported.
Putin and Elbegdorj Tsakhia met in the (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Ulan Bator
on Thursday for a two-day official visit, Xinhua news agency
reported, according to dpa.
Xi is the first Chinese head of state to visit Mongolia in 11 years.
China has been Mongolia's largest trade (...)
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister, met here today with Norovyn Altankhuyag, Prime Minister of Mongolia.
During the meeting, they discussed ways to reinforce cooperation between the two friendly nations, and ways to strengthen (...)
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel praised Mongolian troops during a rare visit on Thursday to the landlocked nation strategically located between China and Russia that sits on vast quantities of untapped mineral wealth, according to Reuters.
Hagel (...)
Ude, Rajab 10, 1433, May 31, 2012, SPA -- All wildfires have been put out by Thursday in Russia's Trans-Baikal region, sources from the emergencies ministry's main regional department told Itar-Tass.
"Over the past 24 hours, two earlier localized (...)
Fifteen fires are burning on 2,600 hectares in Buryatia. Three new fires were traced in the Tunkinsky National Park over the past day, the republican forest agency told Itar-Tass.
“One fire was put out rapidly. Two are still burning. The situation (...)
Taiga fires spread to another thousand hectares in a day in Russia's TransBaikalia. "At present there are 31 fires on a territory of 5.6 thousand hectares," Itar-Tass quoted the regional emergency center as saying on Saturday.
Twelve fires have (...)
Damage caused by wildfires to settlements in Russia's Transbaikal Territory is estimated at more than 100 million roubles, a top official from the territorial government said on Saturday.
According to Alexander Kholmogorov, a deputy chairman of the (...)
Ude, Jumada II 5, 1433, Apr 26, 2012, SPA -- Seven forest fires are raging on 2,400 hectares in the Trans-Baikal Territory, a source in the emergency situation department in the Trans-Baikal Territory told Itar-Tass on Thursday. The largest fire is (...)
Ude, Jumada I 19, 1433, Apr 11, 2012, SPA -- Twenty-eight forest fires at an area of 1,500 hectares were registered in the Trans-Baikal Territory of Russia on Tuesday.
“So far, only 11 fires have been extinguished, 17 fires are still burning in (...)
The Democratic Party of Mongolia plans to quit the governing coalition in maneuvering ahead of elections likely to center on the country's recent mining wealth, according to AP.
The withdrawal would still leave the Mongolian People's Party with a (...)
AlQa'dah 9, 1432, Oct 7, 2011, SPA -- The forest fire emergency regime has been announced in four districts of Buryatia. The forest fire alert is in effect in another six districts, a source at the Buryatia main emergency situations department told (...)
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, currently on a visit to Mongolia, met here today with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj.
During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed ways of enhancing cooperation between (...)
US Vice President Joe Biden lauded land-locked Mongolia's efforts at democratization on Monday, offering support to a country that is strategically located between China and Russia and sits on vast quantities of untapped mineral wealth.
Biden, (...)
Ude, Jumada II 21, 1432, May 24, 2011, SPA -- Wildfires situation in Siberia has stabilized, the local administration said on Tuesday.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Transbaikalia Region Evgeny Vishnyakov thanked paratroopers from Irkutsk, Tomsk and (...)
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah concluded yesterday a visit to Mongolia.
During the visit, he held talks with Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj which were also attended by Chief of the Kuwaiti National Guard Sheikh (...)
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj received here today visiting Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Eng. Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Niaimi.
During the meeting, he conveyd to the President and to the Prime (...)
The chief of Mongolia's ruling party said Thursday he is resigning to allow the current prime minister to consolidate his power, at a time when the country's capital has been rocked by protests, according to AP.
Former Prime Minister Bayar Sanjaa (...)
Mongolia"s Prime Minister Sanj Bayar has tendered his resignation due to poor health, the secretary of the ruling Mongolian People"s Revolutionary Party told Reuters on Monday.
Bayar was appointed prime minister late in 2007.
Bayar has been (...)
Ude, May 26, SPA -- Practically all woodland fires have been put out in Russia's Siberian Republic of Buryatia. Ten remaining fires cover the area of slightly over 26 hectares, while six fires raging across 48 hectares have been put out in the past (...)
Horse flu continues to spread in Mongolia and more than 60,000 horses in 11 provinces in southern Mongolia have been infected since October, 2007, Xinhua reported.
Mongolian General Authority for Emergency Management said on Monday that 21 horses (...)
U.S. President George W. Bush,
buffeted by unrelenting criticism at home over Iraq, on
Monday saluted Mongolia's "fearless warriors" for helping
his embattled effort to establish democracy in the heart of
the Middle East.
"Mongolia and the (...)