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Qatar eager to invest on Mongolian mining and agricultural sectors www.news.mn

Mrs. B.Battsetseg, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Mongolia held meeting with Qatar Chamber (QC) first vice chairman Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Towar al-Kuwari.
The meeting touched on economic and trading ties between both countries and ways to enhancing them, promoting co-operation between Qatari and Mongolian companies and investment opportunities available in both sides.
The delegation briefed the Qatari side on the investment climate of Mongolia and promising sectors such as mining and agriculture.
On her part, B.Battsetseg said that Mongolia highly welcomes Qatari investments, indicating that there are multiple of opportunities in many sectors in which Qatari companies can take advantage.
She also referred the possibility of organising in the first quarter of the coming year a business forum in Qatar that brings together Mongolian and Qatari businessmen to explore co-operation horizons and investment opportunities galore in both countries.
Al-Kuwari stressed the chamber’s support and encouragement to Qatari businessmen to invest in Mongolia, noting that Qatari investors are eager to establish new investments in friendly countries.
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Putin: Russian-Mongolian ties to cement peace in Eurasia www.news.mn

Increased cooperation between Russia and Mongolia will boost peace, security and stability in the Eurasian continent, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a message of greetings to Mongolian President U.Khurelsukh on the occasion of the centennial of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Putin’s message was read out at a reception held at the five-star Shangri-La Hotel in Ulaanbaatar on Friday.
“Please accept my sincere congratulations on the momentous anniversary – the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. I am confident that further enhancement of the constructive and multifaceted Russian-Mongolian cooperation fully meets the interests of our friendly nations and goes in line with the consolidation of peace, security and stability in the Eurasian continent,” it says.
Putin recalled that the agreement inked in Moscow on November 5, 1921 was the first act of international recognition of the modern Mongolian statehood and created conditions for building truly friendly, good-neighborly bilateral relations. The Russian president emphasized that the two countries’ relations are developing as a comprehensive strategic partnership.
The reception was attended by Russian Federation Council Vice Speaker Konstantin Kosachev, Russian Ambassador to Mongolia Iskander Azizov, Mongolian Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene.
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In-person schooling benefits exceed risks of Covid-19, study shows www.news.mn

On 1 September, Mongolian children have returned to the classroom after along a Covid-19 shutout. Still, masked students in blazers filed into a primary school in the capital Ulanbaatar, where classrooms were kitted out with temperature monitors, hand sanitiser and social distancing stickers.
Mongolia has taken some of the world’s toughest and most enduring measures against the Covid-19 pandemic, shutting schools and kindergartens since January 2020 and plunging children into a purgatory of remote learning with patchy access to technology. Over the past two years, Mongolian educational institutions conducted more than 30 percent of their classes in classrooms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A study published Friday examined how children in schools can be physically present in the classroom while maintaining proper safety protocols. Since academic learning has altered dramatically since the start of the pandemic, the study, published by Science, analyzed the influence of COVID-19 on children and how it has affected classrooms.
“Children have a very low risk of severe or fatal COVID-19,” the researchers said, “but, early in the pandemic, uncertainties about their role in virus transmission led most countries to close educational settings as part of national lockdowns to control the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)”.
Furthermore, the researchers concluded that children had similar chances of infection as adults, yet they were not as likely to transmit. Further studies of schools that were able to reopen with alleviation procedures such as social distancing and masks discovered that outbreaks were minimal within their communities.
The study also states that while the shutdown of schools does reduce transmission, they would be inadequate in preventing community transmission and, “consequently, the benefits of in-person schooling outweigh the risks.”
As vaccines have now been approved for children as young as 5, and further evidence has been presented that spread can be contained, researchers are looking for ways to keep students in classrooms.
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Mongolian Empire’s capital Karakorum MAPPED for the first time www.news.mn

Archaeologists have mapped Karakorum, the capital of the Mongolian Empire using advanced geophysical methods.
Karakorum, also called Kharkhorin was founded around AD 1218–20, when Genghis Khan established a town of yurts at Karakorum to rally his troops during his campaigns against the Khwarezm Empire.
Karakorum developed into a city during the reign of Ugudei Khan (the third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire). Under Ugudei and his successors, Karakorum became the traditional capital of the Mongols and an important centre of diverse religious microcosm and mercantile trade along the Silk Road.
In a new study published in the journal Antiquity by an international team of researchers, archaeologists applied advanced geophysics methods to reveal the layout of Karakorum’s roads, districts, and internal structures.
The team surveyed an area of 465ha over 52 days with a ‘SQUID’ (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device), that measures the topography of the surface and magnetic fields of the ground beneath.
By combining this data with previous surveys, aerial photography, and historical records, the team was able to create a detailed map of Karakorum that shows the inner layout, and the extent of the city beyond the actual walled area, as well as the social organisation of the city’s population.
The team also mapped the city walls, revealing three of the four main gates documented in the historic record. Outside of these walls, they found the city extended over 3km along some of the approaching roads – far greater than other research and historical records indicated.
Further, the study found that the centre of the city had much denser deposits, suggesting these were the areas of the city occupied for the longest period. However, the team ultimately found the biggest single feature of Karakorum was nothing. 40% of the area within the wall appears to have been left empty.
“The most exciting facet of our work for me was to see the progress of data acquisition during the field season.” said said Professor Bemmann, lead author of the study, “It was astonishing to witness the growing extent of the map day by day, and with that the digital reconstruction of Karakorum”.
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Preparations being carried out for direct flights between Mongolia and the U.S. www.montsame.mn

On November 4, a meeting took place at the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (MCAA) to exchange information in the framework of the preparations being carried out to launch direct flights between Mongolia and the United States.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia is currently carrying out preparatory works to establish the corresponding agreement for creating the necessary regulations for flights between Mongolia and the U.S., and to be involved in the IASA (International Aviation Safety Assessment) audit inspection to be conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Furthermore, MIAT Mongolian Airlines is ensuring preparations to conduct direct flights to the U.S.
During the meeting, MIAT representatives introduced the progress and implementation of the works being carried out by the company, a comparative study on using the Boeing 787 aircraft for long distance flights, profits, and the latest updates on other operations. The MCAA Aviation Safety Oversight and Regulation Department also introduced the works being implemented to meet the requirements for the IASA program, and noted the necessity to make changes to some of the corresponding legislation and regulations in Mongolia.
As certain matters such as organizational structure, finances, capacity of personnel are considered crucial in the inspection, authorities of the two organizations also exchanged views on ways to cooperate in the future.
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Mongolia logs 941 new COVID-19 cases, 12 more deaths www.xinhuanet.com

Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's COVID-19 tally rose to 369,541 after 941 new locally transmitted infections were reported across the country over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the country's death toll increased to 1,756 after 12 more COVID-19 patients aged over 40 died in the past day, the ministry said.
So far, 65.8 percent of Mongolia's population has received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, with over 454,100 Mongolians aged over 18 having received a booster shot.
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CU exports 10,000 dalgona to Mongolia and Malaysia www.koreaherald.com

Convenience store chain CU is exporting 10,000 dalgona, the traditional Korean sugar candy from “Squid Game,” to Mongolia and Malaysia, said its operator BGF Retail.
Dalgona, an old-fashioned Korean candy made with using sugar and baking soda, has become an overnight sensation after the success of the Netflix show.
A total of 10,000 dalgona will be shipped to Mongolia and Malaysia, 5,000 to each country, BGF said. The product will feature four different shapes -- umbrella, star, heart, and triangle -- will be sold at a price of 2 dollars each.
The export comes at the request of local partner companies who want to target local customers who find it hard to make dalgona on their own, BGF added.
CU has also been exporting assorted “Pepero Day” edition products to Malaysia since September.
Pepero Day, which falls on Nov.11, is a day when friends and lovers exchange Pepero, chocolate-covered thin cookie sticks.
A squid shaped corndog launched in CU Malaysia was the best-selling instant food in October, and Korean steamed buns with red bean filling being sold in CU Mongolia since September sold double the amount of Mongolia’s traditional dumplings sold last month, the firm said.
“CU in Mongolia and Malaysia are becoming a platform for the Korean wave. As South Korea’s No.1 convenience store, we will continue to expand our market overseas proactively to support Korean wave industries by exporting K-contents” BGF Retail said.
By Hong Yoo (yoohong@heraldcorp.com)
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Faster than disaster: beating the white death in Mongolia www.redcross.org.uk

Increasingly, Mongolian herders endure some of the toughest winters on earth and risk losing everything. But a new Red Cross system may make all the difference.
It’s hard to imagine what -60F really feels like.
But every few years, that’s reality in Mongolia. Swathes of the country are at the mercy of the dzud: a pitiless weather phenomenon, which brings an arid summer followed by a biting, brutal winter.
Known locally as the ‘white death’, dzuds are a double blow for the 40 per cent of Mongolians who rely on raising livestock. First, the grass and wheat that their cattle depend on dry up in the summer drought. Herders cannot collect and store enough hay and food for their animals, leaving them weak and vulnerable.
Then in winter, where average night-time temperatures plummet to -40 to -60F (-40 to -51C), livestock are unable to feed through the frozen snow and freeze or starve. Herders can only despair as their precious animals pile up dead across the packed snow. Some animals die as they stand.
The herders rely on sheep, cattle, yaks, camels, horses and goats for their income. When these animals die, families run out of food, lose their livelihoods and use up their savings to survive. Many are forced to leave the countryside and move to the slums of industrial cities where there may – or may not – find paid work.
In desperation, many Mongolian herders, such as Bayankhand, carry their weakest animals into the yurt or ‘ger’ they share with their family. It can feel crowded over the long winter months.
In previous years, Bayankhand lost 400 of her 700 cows, sheep and goats early on in the dzud. She says:
If the animals get weak and die in front of my eyes, it's very, very hard. I feel so sorry for them. I tried to save them but I couldn't.
She tried everything to keep the rest of the herd alive and brought the weakest animals, like the calf in the picture above, into her ger.
This year, Mongolia fell prey to another dzud. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, 402,300 animals had died by February 2021 - and that’s nothing compared to 2010, where freak weather saw up to 11 million animals perish.
Dzuds are unique to Mongolia and used to happen around twice a decade. Mongolians are certainly no strangers to harsh weather. But it does seem that dzuds are getting more frequent.
According to the UN, dzuds are now happening every year in some parts of the country. Climate change is a major factor along with overgrazing and problems managing the land.
Heavy rain, extreme temperatures and baking summers have turned vast areas of the grassland (steppes) to desert.
But there is hope.
Striking before the dzud
While the Red Cross has supported communities affected by the extreme weather for some time now, it’s been at the height of the dzud, when animals were already dying.
As aid is more effective when delivered early, we have found a way to take preventive action before the dzud hits.
Working with the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, the Red Cross set up a new early action system.
Called forecast-based financing (FbF), it was activated for the first time ever in Mongolia in the winter of 2019-20 and again early in 2021.
FbF is a way of getting humanitarian funding to communities before a disaster strikes. The system combines weather forecasts and other data to trigger the release of funding ahead of extreme weather events. The overall goal is to prevent natural hazards from becoming disasters and reduce human suffering.
If it looks like an extreme event – such as a dzud – is likely to strike, FbF activates an early action protocol.
This trigger releases funding for a series of preventive actions, and the Mongolian Red Cross can then spring into action and protect herder communities and their animals before it’s too late.
Based on the 2020/21 winter’s dzud risk map by the National Met Agency and calculations from the IFRC Climate Centre, more than 60 per cent of Mongolia was at risk of a dzud. Five provinces had a very high risk of 20 per cent or more of their land area being affected. The early action protocol was triggered.
The Mongolian Red Cross was then able to provide help worth more than CHF 245,000 to more than 7,000 vulnerable people across 19 provinces in time to get ready for the harsh winter.
This included lifesaving cash grants to buy animal fodder or any other essential household items like warm clothes, medicine or food. Red Cross staff and volunteers also provided livestock nutrition kits to save animals’ lives.
So far, this early support looks like it’s working. Studies found that early action assistance doubled the chances of herder families saving their most valuable animals – their horses. Also, fewer newborn goats and sheep died. People’s most important belongings were saved and less people fell into debt and poverty.
It’s hoped that long term, not only will FbF bring hope and relief, but also dignity to the many who still live this traditional way of life.
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TBEA planning 400,000MT of polysilicon production in Inner Mongolia www.pv-tech.org

Chinese energy firm TBEA is planning to invest RMB6 billion (US$938 million) to set up a polysilicon production facility with an annual output of 400,000MT in China’s Inner Mongolia region.
TBEA will build the facility in two phases, each with 200,000MT of output per year. Construction of the first phase is set to begin in the next month and is expected to be completed within 12 months.
According to an agreement signed with local authorities last week, TBEA will also develop 5GW of renewables projects in Inner Mongolia, with the company looking to take advantage of solar and wind resources near the city of Baotou.
The polysilicon production investment will complement an additional 200,000MT polysilicon production complex that TBEA subsidiary Xinte Energy is looking to set up near Baotou. Xinte Energy raised RMB 2.3 billion from TBEA earlier to support the ramp-up of the facility, which will produce polysilicon suitable for use in n-type silicon wafers.
TBEA said its investment responds to China’s aim of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
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Darkhan leather and hide complex project to be implemented with Italy www.montsame.mn

Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry Z.Mendsaikhan held a meeting with Paolo Bonetti, Honorary Consul of Mongolia in Milan, Italy. At the beginning of the meeting, the sides stressed the importance of expanding bilateral cooperation in the food, agriculture, and light industry sector.
At the meeting, Minister Z.Mendsaikhan put forth a request to establish a Memorandum between the Agency of Small and Medium Enterprises of Mongolia and Italy’s SACE Insurance and IMAGRO company to assist in the project’s feasibility study and further support partnerships between small and medium enterprises between the two countries.
During their visit to Italy in May 2021, representatives of the Agriculture Ministry signed a Memorandum with the Italian side to jointly implement the project on Darkhan leather and hide processing complex. A working group led by the Agriculture Ministry’s State Secretary T.Jambaltseren made a visit to Italy in October 2021 to begin the project’s feasibility study, holding a meeting with the president of IMAGRO company that successfully implemented major projects around the world.
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