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Speaker of Lok Sabha Visits “Mongol Refinery” LLC www.montsame.mn

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Lower House of the Parliament of India Om Birla, who is on an Official Visit to Mongolia visited the state-owned company “Mongol Refinery” LLC on July 7.
Dr. D. Altantsetseg, the Executive Director of the “Mongol Refinery” LLC, Mongolia's Consulting Engineer expressed gratitude to the government and parliament of India for all-round support to the establishment of the first oil refinery, which has specifically important to the economic development and energy independence of Mongolia and informed on the progress of the project.
The Government of Mongolia is implementing the Project to establish a grass root Oil Refinery Plant based on domestic crude in Dornogobi aimag, located in Southeastern part of the country, within the framework of the soft loan extended by the Government of India to ensure energy independency and expand the industry diversification.
Upon approving the Detailed Feasibility Study and selecting "Engineers India Limited" as Project Management Consultant in 2019, the design and engineering works have completed, and from this year on, the mechanical erection of the main technological facilities has started at full capacity.
Out of four main EPC packages planned for the project, the first package, which comprises of non-technological facilities, such as civil buildings (office-training center, first aid center, fire station, warehouse, laboratory, workshop, canteen, 30 thousand cubic meter underground water storage tank) is at the final stage, noted Executive Director Dr. D. Altantsetseg.
EPC 02 package consists of initial processing units, such as Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation Units, Saturated Gas Plant, and utilities, including tank farms, product dispatching facilities, and the different types of auxiliary and supporting units, whereas a 35 MW Thermal Power Plant would be built as part of the EPC 03 package. The site works of these packages have commenced, informed the project implementers.
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Petro Matad shares soar as explorer secures permit for Mongolia oil discovery www.news.mn

Petro Matad Limited shares shot up nearly 60 percent in Thursday’s early deals as the explorer landed a new permit from the authorities in Mongolia.
The company, which for over a decade has sought to unearth oil resources from the Mongolian expanse, told investors that the Cabinet of the Mongolian Government has approved the certification of the Block XX Exploitation Area, including the firm’s Heron oil discovery.
It certifies Block XX as special purpose land and gives Petro Matad legal right of access to the entire area for the purpose of hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation, the company noted.
“This important step has been a very long time coming but now provides a firm legal standing to the company to execute the approved plan of development for Heron and to explore the exciting potential around it,” said chief executive Mike Buck.
“I would like to thank all our shareholders and in particular those that have been with Petro Matad for some years now, for their patience during this protracted certification process.”
In a statement, the explorer said it is in talks with service providers to determine a timeframe in which crews and equipment can be available to complete the Heron-1 well for production.
In London, Petro Matad shares were up 1.81p or 46 percent, changing hands at 5.7p and valuing the company at £60.6mln.
Earlier, the share price peaked at around 6.2p per share.
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Resolution drafted to renew border railway agreement www.theubposts.com

During its weekly meeting on July 5, Cabinet reviewed the draft parliamentary resolution on measures to be taken in connection with the construction of the Gashuunsukhait-Gantsmod cross-border railway and decided to submit it to Parliament.
With the approval of the draft resolution, the border railway agreement established in 1955 will be renewed and the legal basis for connecting the border ports of Shiveekhuren-Sekhee, Gashuunsukhait-Gantsmod, Zamyn-Uud-Erenhot, Bichigt-Zuunkhatavch railways will be formed.
The government also views that the construction of the Gashuunsukhait-Gantsmod cross-border railway will increase coal exports, reduce transportation costs, transport mining products in a way that has less negative impact on the environment, and raise budget revenue and foreign exchange reserves.
Cabinet also made the following decisions:
• Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan was assigned to take measures to fully finance the Choibalsan Thermal Power Plant Expansion Project regardless of the financing of the Development Bank of Mongolia.
• It was decided to discuss and submit the draft amendment to the Law on Securities Market and other related bills to Parliament.
• The guidelines to be followed by the Mongolian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia S.Amarsaikhan, who will attend the 22nd meeting of the Joint Committee on Cooperation between Mongolia and the EU, which will be held on July 26 in Brussels, were approved.
• Cabinet decided to submit the draft revision of the Law on Plant Health and Plant Protection to Parliament.
• Minister of Environment and Tourism B.Bat-Erdene was authorized to implement land protection functions in the Khomyn Tal National Park by a non-governmental organization on the basis of a contract.
• Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs Kh.Nyambaatar was instructed to draft the revision of the Law on the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and discuss it at the Cabinet meeting.
• Border Guard Unit No. 0131 in Dalanzadgad soum of Umnugovi Province was named after the honorable border guard, Major General Ch.Sandr.
• This year, the 100th anniversary of the birth of N.Sodnom, a prominent public and social figure, leading scientist and academician of education and science, will be celebrated.
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Hundreds flee homes after flooding in Mongolia capital www.france24.com

Swathes of Asia have been hit by extreme weather that scientists say has been exacerbated by climate change, with over a dozen killed by heavy rain in China since Monday.
In traditionally dry Ulaanbaatar this week, heavy rains have inundated rivers, flooding basement apartments and trapping cars.
Residents of Bayanzurkh District living near the river Selbe told AFP they had been working since the early hours to boost the height of a local dam and stem rising waters caused by heavy rain.
"Our neighbours started to bring dirt and rocks from other places to add more layers on the dam at 3 am," said a 40-year-old resident of one of the worst-affected areas, who gave his name as Delgersaikhan.
"The river level reached the dam at 1 am last night, so we've been working all night and managed to prevent our apartment from getting flooded," he added.
Electricity has also been cut in some buildings as a precaution, with state news agency Montsame reporting that a number of roads in the capital have been closed.
Electricity has been cut in some buildings as a precaution, with state news agency Montsame reporting that a number of roads in the capital have been closed
Electricity has been cut in some buildings as a precaution, with state news agency Montsame reporting that a number of roads in the capital have been closed © BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR / AFP
The rain is set to continue for another two days, according to the country's weather agency.
The government declared a "high alert" in Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene ordering "necessary measures" be taken in response.
Mongolia is traditionally cold and dry, and annual precipitation ranges from 50 to 400 millimetres -- leaving the capital's infrastructure, including the sewage system, ill-equipped to deal with sustained heavy rain.
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Footballer wants Mongolia to Manchester United ride to inspire www.bbc.com

A Mongolian footballer who is cycling from his home to the UK to see Manchester United play has said the trip is about living "without regrets".
Ochirvaani Batbold set off from Ulaanbaatar in May and is about a third of the way through his 5,730-mile (9,222km) bike ride to Old Trafford.
The player, who has appeared in the Mongolian Premier League, said he hoped to reach the stadium by December.
The club said it wished him the "best of luck" on the rest of his trip.
Batbold said he set off from the Mongolian capital on 5 May and had already travelled more than 1,864 miles (3,000km).
He has already travelled through China and into Kazakhstan and said the "best bit" so far had been the road to Sayram Lake in Xinjiang, China.
However, he said there had also been difficult moments.
"There were many difficult days with cold, snow and rain, and now very hot days are continuing," he said.
"The hardest day was a snowstorm, but I've seen very beautiful places [and] also met so many good people. I feel so good about everything."
He said he will go on to journey through Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Germany and France before finally arriving in the UK.
"I will end my story at Old Trafford for my first time," he said.
"I want to create beautiful memories that I will never forget."
Batbold said his journey was inspired by his love of the Red Devils and a scam which saw his football dreams almost crushed by a hoaxer offering a non-existent trial with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy in the US.
The footballer, who recently helped Tuv Buganuud FC win the Mongolia Cup and has also played for Bayangol FC and Ulaanbaatar City, told BBC News in 2014 that his dream was "to become a professional football player and play at Old Trafford".
He said when he was contacted by the scammer, he had been "thinking about becoming a professional footballer" and was "very confident".
"When the fake agent contacted me, I thought I had a chance," he said.
"He offered me the opportunity to become a professional footballer [and] I didn't want to miss an opportunity."
He said the scammer eventually took £3,000 from him and his family, which put them on the brink of financial ruin.
"My parents trusted me and gave me the money I needed... but it all ended horribly," he said.
He said he had almost been "too scared to tell my family bad news", but when he did say something, his relatives told him to stay strong and as his story began to circulate, "many kind people" donated money to help them.
He said that outpouring of support inspired him to do something daring and achieve another of his lifelong dreams.
"I thought about everything again," he said.
"I promised myself that I would make my dreams come true, not just for myself, but for those who trusted me and always supported me."
He said he had a love of "adventure and Manchester United" and wanted to "do something that inspires others a lot" and prove that he could "live without regrets".
"So I decided to cycle to Old Trafford," he said.
He said he had been a United fan since 2010 when he saw the side's win over Liverpool, a game which included a famous hat-trick from Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov and a fine performance by the man who would become Batbold's favourite player, Wayne Rooney.
He said from that day, he "supported Man United and especially Wayne Rooney".
"Wazza was such a powerful player," he said.
"I loved his game style."
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Groundbreaking ceremony for China-funded railway underpass project held in Mongolia www.xinhuanet.com

A groundbreaking ceremony for a China-funded railway underpass project was held here in the Songinokhairkhan District of Ulan Bator on Wednesday.
Officials from China and Mongolia and project workers attended the ceremony.
The cross-railway travel time is expected to be reduced by about 40 percent, making urban transportation easier.
The project is expected to last 26 months, with construction consuming roughly two-thirds of the time. The work encompasses preparing the subgrade, constructing the road surface, installing culverts, ensuring traffic safety and relocating pipelines.
Ulan Bator, with more than 640,000 vehicles, is home to nearly half of Mongolia's 3.4 million population. The growing population and economy have led to severe traffic congestion.
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Executives of over 10 Major World Banking and Financial Institutions to Arrive to Mongolia www.montsame.mn

Mongolian Economic Forum-2023 will start this Sunday. Within the bounds of the "Years to Visit Mongolia,” the Forum will be held on the eve of the National Festival Naadam, on July 9-10.
Our country has been organizing the Economic Forum every year since 2010. In previous forums, economic problems were discussed for domestic solutions, but this time it is more outwards-oriented inviting investors on a large scale, informed Minister of Economy and Development Ch. Khurelbaatar and Deputy Minister G. Tuvdendorj.
Around 1,700 guests and representatives have been registered to participate in the Mongolian Economic Forum-2023, of which 700 are from the private sector and scholars, and 500 are foreign investors and officials of the decision-making level.
Here are the executives, directors, and investors of more than 10 major international banking and financial institutions such as BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, and Goldman Sachs. World's leading media agencies such as CNN, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, ABC News, and Financial Times will highlight this event. Therefore, he emphasized that our country should make good use of this opportunity when high-level officials participate in the Forum on a large scale.
Instead of discussing the previous issues, the Government of Mongolia will present the revival and reform activities and economic projects planned for implementation. In particular, foreigners will be informed of the legal and governance reforms of the investment and business environment.
The Forum will provide a venue for investors to get the latest insight of economic developments in Mongolia, explore potential partnership opportunities for forthcoming projects, and engage in discussions with key policymakers. Moreover, other fresh topics, such as Mongolian role in the global supply chain, its participation in regional trade integration, and Mongolian potential to become a business center of the region, will be touched upon at the Forum.
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Mongolia blitz Australia to taste maiden victory in Asian Women's U16 Championship www.asianvolleyball.net

Hangzhou, China, July 6, 2023 – Mongolia completed their campaign in the 1st edition of Asian Women’s U16 Volleyball Championship following a maiden 3-1 (25-14, 25-22, 24-26, 25-19) win against Australia in the 9th-12th playoffs at Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Gymnasium here on Thursday morning.
Mongolia boosted a slight edge 7-6 in the first set before gradually extending it to 20-14. Letting loose their attacks and aces, the Mongolians took the comfortable first set 25-14.
Australia improved on their cooperation and raised their confidence as they trailed closely and once seized the chance to surge ahead 13-12. Nevertheless, Mongolia again gained the upper hand with their stable performance in attack to finally claim the second set 25-22.
Both sides tried hard to maintain their service aggressiveness in the third set featuring several splendid aces and a few errors. With Lillian Kelly attacking powerfully at the net and Florence Liu blocking solidly, Australia managed to level it at 24-24 and went on their impressive form to score two points in a row for the eventual 26-24 win to reduce the gap to 1-2.
In the fourth set Mongolia regrouped and continued to make full use of their exceptional service., while Australia, despite fighting hard to gain some attacks, still failed to cope with the opponents’ versatile tactics and full-equipped cooperation. The Aussies finally handed out the set 19-25.
Outside hitters Shinejargal Khaliunaa and Altantogoo Amarbayasgalan contributed 10 points apiece for the winning side, while outside hitter Lillian Kelly and middle blocker Florence Liu scored 14 points each on the Australia’s loss.
“It was our last match, so we tried our best to win. It’s our first victory so I’m so happy. After losing the third set, we were actually really upset. but we made it again and our teamwork today was better than other games,” said Mongolia’s setter Shinejargal Khaliunaa at the Mixed Zone.
“Mongolia played very well. They had strong serves with powerful attacks. However, in the third set, We won more points and that’s how we won the set. Still, Mongolia was a very good team. They scrimmaged very well and deserved the win today,” said Rachael Georgieff, head coach of Australia, after the match.
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Programme, logo and motto of Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Mongolia www.vaticannews.va

During a historic visit to the Republic of Mongolia, Pope Francis will meet with political authorities, he will address representatives of the Catholic Church and participate in an ecumenical and interreligious meeting, he will meet with charity workers and celebrate Holy Mass in a sports arena.
A statement released on Thursday by the Holy See Press Office lists the events that make up the Pope’s 43rd international apostolic journey.
The news that the Pope had accepted the invitation of the President of Mongolia and local Church authorities was announced in June, together with the dates of the visit: 31 August to 4 September 2023.
According to the schedule released by the Press Office on Thursday, 6 July, Pope Francis will depart from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on the evening of Thursday, 31 August to arrive at Ulaanbaatar’s “Chinggis Khaan” International Airport on Friday, 1 September at 10 am local time when a welcome ceremony will take place.
The Pope will stay in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, throughout the visit.
The Programme
On Saturday, 2 September, the Holy Father will be greeted at a welcome ceremony in Ulaanbaatar’s Sukhbaatar Square before paying a courtesy visit to the President of Mongolia at the State Palace
Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, also referred to as Khürelsükh Ukhnaa, is the 6th and current president of Mongolia, beginning his term on 25 June 2021 after winning the 2021 Mongolian presidential election.
Pope Francis will then make his first official discourse during a meeting with Authorities, civil society and the Diplomatic Corps in the “Ikh Mongol” hall of the State Palace.
Following this, he will meet with the Chairman of the State Great Hural (Parliament of Mongolia) and with Prime Minister, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene.
In the afternoon of Friday, the Pope will meet bishops, priests, missionaries and consecrated persons as well as pastoral workers whom he will address in the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.
On Sunday, 3 September, the Pope will participate, in the morning, in an Ecumenical and Interreligious Meeting in Ulaanbaatar’s “Hun Theatre.”
On Sunday afternoon he will celebrate Holy Mass in the “Steppe Arena” winter sports stadium.
On Monday, 4 September, the last day of the Pope’s visit, he will inaugurate a charity center – the House of Mercy – and meet with staff and volunteers of the organization, before bidding farewell during a Farewell Ceremony at the “Chinggis Khan” airport.
He is scheduled to depart at noon local time and arrive in Rome the same day in the late afternoon, making up for a six-hour time difference between Mongolia and Italy.
"Hoping Together”
Releasing the motto of the apostolic journey - Hoping Together – the Holy See Press Office explained that it was chosen to emphasize “the double meaning of the Holy Father's Apostolic Journey to Mongolia: that of a pastoral visit and of a state visit".
“Hope”, a purely Christian virtue, a statement added, is one that is also widely shared in non-Christian circles. “By associating it with the adverb ‘Together’, the motto “underscores the importance of bilateral cooperation between the Holy See and Mongolia.”
Hoping Together represents a common ideal and also an element that will characterize the journey.
"The presence of the Holy Father represents for this small portion of the People of God a sign of great hope and encouragement and on the other hand the Church that is in Mongolia, with its smallness and marginality, can offer a sign of hope for the universal Church", the Press Office said.
The logo
The Press Office statement also elaborated on the logo that features a map of Mongolia outlined in the red and blue, the colours of the national flag.
Within the borders is the shape of a ger (a traditional Mongolian dwelling), from which yellow smoke (the colour of the Vatican) flows upwards.
To the right of the ger is a cross. The ger and the cross are contained between two vertical inscriptions, in traditional Mongolian language, which echo the motto - "Hoping Together").
The first Pope to visit Mongolia
Pope Francis is the first Pope to visit the East Asian country that borders Russia and China. With just 3.3 million inhabitants it is the world’s most sparsely populated sovereign state.
After the collapse of China’s Qing dynasty in 1911, Mongolia achieved independence from the Republic of China in 1921 after which it operated as a satellite state of the Soviet Union.
After a peaceful Democratic Revolution and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the current social democratic Mongolian’s People’s Party reshaped the country’s political landscape and introduced a new constitution.
The end of religious repression in 1990 allowed for a rebirth of religious freedom and in the majority Buddhist nation, Catholic missionaries returned to rebuild the Church in 1992. There are currently some 1,300 baptised Catholics in the country, administrated by Italian Cardinal Giorgio Marengo.
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Pope Francis’ trip to Mongolia in September will be closely watched by Russia and China www.apnews.com

Pope Francis travels to the periphery of Roman Catholicism later this summer when he becomes the first pontiff to visit Mongolia, a Central Asian nation squeezed between Russia and China with just 1,500 Catholics.
The visit is steeped in geopolitical significance as it will be closely watched by both Russia, which controlled Mongolia during the Soviet era, and China, which is seeking to exert its influence through the Belt and Road initiative.
No pope has visited either of those nations, and the pope is likely to choose to fly over China on his way, rather than Russia, which is waging war in Ukraine. Following papal custom, Francis can be expected to send a brief telegram to Chinese authorities in recognition, from which a word or two of meaning could be parsed, said Giorgio Bernadelli, editorial coordinator of the missionary news organization Asia News.
Francis has been trying to toe a diplomatic line with both countries, sending an envoy to Russia in a bid for a peace deal over Ukraine while seeking to keep relations on an even keel with China, which violated a 2018 accord over bishop nominations.
The Sept. 1-4 schedule released on Thursday is light by papal standards and includes a full day of rest upon arrival, which appears to be a concession to the 86-year-old pope’s recent health issues. Most recently, he was hospitalized to repair a hernia.
Francis will be welcomed on Sept. 2 in a ceremony in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, in a ceremony in the central Sukhbaatar Square, near an imposing statue of the infamous Mongol 13th-century Emperor Ghengis Khan — a symbol of Mongolia’s former glory.
Later that day, the pope will meet with Mongolia’s president, and other top officials, giving the first two of four papal addresses planned for the visit, one to a gathering of authorities, civil society and diplomats, and the other to a group of bishops, priests, missionaries and pastoral workers.
Mongolia has just 1,500 Catholics and 77 missionaries and just one bishop, Bernadelli noted, so it is likely that bishops and priests will attend from elsewhere in the recently-created Central Asian bishops conference, which also includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
The pope will say Mass on Sunday at the Steppe Arena in his major public appearance, after giving an address to an ecumenical and interreligious meeting earlier in the day. On the last day, he will inaugurate the charity “House of Mercy,” giving his final address before leaving.
The opening of a Catholic charity is a significant move, Bernadelli said, signaling the church’s path forward in the nation that was officially atheist under the Soviets and where Buddhism is the largest religion.
“It will be important for the Catholic community, which is very small and spread out, to be united around the pope,’’ he said.
Mongolia has strived to maintain its political and economic independence from both its Soviet-era patron Moscow — which supplies virtually all of its energy needs — and rising regional power China, which buys more than 90% of its mining exports, mainly coal and copper.
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