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ADB partnership with Mongolia to focus on recovery from COVID-19 for inclusive and sustainable growth www.montsame.mn

On September 6, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched a new country partnership strategy (CPS) for Mongolia covering 2021–2024 to help the country recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and lay resilient foundations for inclusive and sustainable growth.
ADB’s operations in Mongolia over the 4 years will focus on three strategic priorities: inclusive social development and economic opportunity; climate-resilient infrastructure; and sustainable, green, and climate-conscious development.
“ADB will build on the strong foundations of past engagement as a leading development partner, while innovating to boost the climate change response, strengthen the business environment, and ensure that the COVID-19 recovery drives lasting reforms in areas such as health and social protection,” said ADB Country Director in Mongolia Pavit Ramachandran. “It will retain flexibility to continue to respond to COVID-19 and be ready for emerging priorities.”
Under the first strategic priority, ADB will support Mongolia in helping those affected by the COVID-19 crisis to recover and to fulfill their potential by giving them better access to finance, jobs, health, and skills. ADB will drive innovation by linking COVID-19 response efforts with medium-term reforms in health and social protection to enable Mongolia to build forward better.
On the second strategic priority, ADB will make significant investments in transport and connectivity to help increase competitiveness in Mongolia. This will reduce congestion in Ulaanbaatar as well as create sustainable development opportunities in rural areas. ADB will drive innovation by embedding maintenance in these investments, adopting climate-resilient designs, leveraging cofinancing to promote greener solutions, and enhancing opportunities for private infrastructure financing.
ADB will also strengthen resilience, including macroeconomic resilience, and ensure the sustainable use of resources and green development. It will work closely with the government to meet Mongolia’s nationally determined contributions on climate change and secure a greener future for Mongolia, in particular through a gradual shift away from coal, adoption of better livestock practices, and a transition away from the intensive resource use that characterized much of Mongolia’s development.
Under the new CPS, ADB will reduce the number of projects but not its overall commitments. A more selective approach will maintain lending levels but reduce the overall number of sovereign operations in favor of larger and more programmatic operations capable of delivering sustained impact.
First, it will drive the COVID-19 response in the near term to ensure that the government can achieve a sustainable recovery and that the most vulnerable can participate in the recovery. Second, ADB will coordinate closely with development partners to choose its focus within sectors. Third, ADB will group its interventions geographically, with an initial focus on western Mongolia, to ensure maximum development impact by aligning rural and urban operations. Fourth, ADB will prioritize project readiness. Finally, ADB will prioritize projects with strong potential for private sector participation to strengthen the role of the private sector in Mongolia’s development trajectory.
The CPS is aligned with Mongolia’s Vision–2050 and the Government Action Plan, 2020–2024, which aim to ensure the COVID-19 recovery by boosting economic revitalization, job creation, and more inclusive and sustainable development.
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
Source: ADB Mongolia
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President relinquishes his power to appoint judges and head of IAAC www.montsame.mn

It was reported during the press conference held by the Staff to the President today that President U.Khurelsukh has submitted a petition to the Constitutional Court to lift the vetoes invoked on the revised Law on Jurisdictions and the amendments to the Law Against Corruption.
In particular, the previous President Kh.Battulga invoked a line-item veto on Article 1 of the Amendments to the Law Against Corruption, which rules that the Director of the Independent Agency Against Corruption (IAAC) to be appointed at the recommendation of Prime Minister for a 6-year term, and partial veto on Law on Jurisdictions, which states that members of the General Council of Courts and Judicial Disciplinary Committee will be appointed by a working group headed by a parliament member and established by the Speaker of the State Great Khural (Parliament). The Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the veto, but the State Great Khural refused to accept the conclusion.
Ya.Sodbaatar, the Chief of Staff to the President, clarified during the press conference that the current President is requesting to lift the veto before the session of the Constitutional Court which will be held soon regarding this issue. He said, “Over the past 30 years, we have taken a number of measures to ensure the judicial independence, which has been one of the most controversial issues in society and among lawyers. Today, the President of Mongolia, U.Khurelsukh, is relinquishing two of the powers that the former Presidents of Mongolia have had over the past 30 years. In particular, the President is relinquishing his presidential powers to appoint judges, hold judges accountable, and appoint the director of the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC) “
The Chief of Staff to the President underscored that in order to continue the order of justice and judicial reform that President U.Khurelsukh initiated when he was the Prime Minister, he is creating conditions for the normal implementation of the revised Law on Jurisdictions and the Amendments to the Law Against Corruption that have been stalled for the last eight months due to the previous President's vetoes and appeals to the Constitutional Court.
“The President will overthrow the old mechanism of appointing and holding judges accountable, and this power will be transferred to the State Great Khural as stated in the revised Law on Jurisdictions. Moreover, the Director of the Independent Agency Against Corruption (IAAC) will be appointed at the recommendation of Prime Minister for a 6-year term as ruled by the Amendments to the Law Against Corruption. Thus, the major reforms aimed at ensuring the judicial independence and strengthening social justice are starting today” he added.
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The role Mongolia can play in the region www.mongoliaweekly.org

President Khurelsukh virtually attended the Far Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 2 and offered to connect Europe and Asia through Mongolia by developing Russo-Sino-Mongolian infrastructure projects in rail, roads and energy. He also spoke about Mongolia acting as a transit link to the Asia Pacific, Eurasia, Far East Asia and East Asia regions.
It is high time to explore the question of Mongolia’s regional affiliation as the global power transformation impacts Asia.
Asia has many regional organizations, like ASEAN and APEC, but there are none for Northeast Asia. Interregional organizations like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and ASEAN Regional Forum address Northeast Asia but they overlap with other regions.
Mongolia’s regional belonging has been a debated topic for decades. It can be part of Northeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, or the Asia Pacific region depending on whom you ask.
What role can Mongolia play in NE Asia? Credit: erina.or.jpWhat role can Mongolia play in NE Asia? Credit: erina.or.jp
What role can Mongolia play in NE Asia? Credit: erina.or.jp
Regional re-orientation and why it mattered for Mongolia
The regional affiliation of nation-states became important with the end of the Cold War. Previously the world was divided into two blocs - the Western and Eastern, free world and communist camps. Mongolia belonged to the communist or eastern bloc countries and was less mentioned as an Asian country or even Northeast Asian.
Mongolia's question about its regional association started with the collapse of the Soviet system. As soon as Mongolia declared itself a democratic country and free-market economy in 1992 the international community welcomed and embraced it into a new regional affiliation.
Japan became the main donor for the country’s early transition. In 1993 Mongolia declared that it would follow a liberal and pragmatic foreign policy.
During the transition of 1990s, Mongolia re-oriented itself as a Northeast Asian country.
The US and other regional countries warmly welcomed this re-orientation. The US in particular started to regard Mongolia as part of the Asia Pacific and welcomed Mongolia to many regional activities and events. New regional affiliations helped Mongolia to strengthen its democratic achievements.
Becoming a Northeast Asian Country
Having written several articles on this topic and spoken at many international conferences, it is my view that Mongolia, together with China’s northeast provinces (Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang), the Russian Far East, the Koreas and Japan geographically constitute Northeast Asia.
A working definition of a region is the contiguous geographical area that is widely considered to have important commonalities sufficient to differentiate them from other areas.
Elements of regional unity include geography; ethnicity and language; political, economic, religious, and historical ties; a sense of community; and organizations or institutions.
The geographic center of the Asian continent is considered to be in Russia's Tuva province. That means Mongolia, sharing a border with Tuva, is literally next to the heart of Asia. But there are few ties between Mongolia and Tuva beyond ethnic and historical connections and a tiny volume of cross-border trade.
Northeast Asia is inhabited by ethnic groups affiliated with Mongolians like Koreans, Japanese, non-Han ethnic groups in northern China, Manchus, Buryad Mongols, Evenks and Tunguses. Many of these ethnic groups speak Altaic and Turkic languages.
Neighboring political systems in Russia and China are authoritarian while North Korea is totalitarian. The other countries are democracies. Economically the countries of the region have different models; their sense of community is weak, and international organizations among them do not exist.
The Tumen River Project under the UN, which promised to build a regional partnership between China, Mongolia, Russia and South Korea, is still in an early stage of development after almost three decades.
In short, the Northeast Asian region has existed only on paper and in the minds of academics.
But properly identifying the regional ties of a country is important. It either separates or unites people and societies. Regions are a source of group identity and can reflect political and national agendas by facilitating international cooperation.
Nonetheless, Mongolia has lacked strong and effective regional affiliations due to its geographic location sandwiched between Russia and China.
Regionalism as an ideology
Regionalists see regions as promoting cooperation, an antidote to the national conflict and rivalry. In this view, the EU is held up as a model.
Whilst the EU model might be attractive for ASEAN members, it is a far-stretch for Northeast Asian countries. Major impediments exist, such as the history of Japanese occupation of neighboring countries pre-WWII and the re-writing of their history textbooks, which offends millions of people in those countries, especially in Korea and China.
Second, the rise of mainland China and its ambitious policy towards its neighbors and tensions in the Taiwan Strait is another obstruction for effective regional integration.
Korean peninsula’s nuclear threat and territorial disputes over islands in the region do not help either. Strong regional bonds are lacking in Northern Asia compared to Southeast Asia.
Mongolia’s role in the region
Mongolia boasts good relationships with all Northeast Asian countries, including North Korea. This has been the country’s unique asset. Leveraging this strength Mongolia can be a matchmaker in the region for disputing countries and continue its role as a mediator between North Korea and Japan.
And whilst its regional affiliation may not be clear, perhaps that is Mongolia's unique strength - as hinted by President Khurelsukh at the Vladivostok Economic Forum on September 2.
Therefore, it is helpful to think of Mongolia as a land bridge and economic corridor between Central Asia and Northeast Asia, Europe and Asia, the Confucius and Islamic worlds. As a center for nomadic civilization with a strong preference for open space and freedom, Mongolia is an open-ended transit link rather than a closed part of any region.
Note: Professor Dr Jamsran Bayasakh is a former Director of the Institute of International Affairs, Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Prior to this, he was Senior Lecturer and Director of Faculty of International Relations and Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, National University of Mongolia.
Dr Bayasakh studied sinology and Chinese history at the Leningrad State University, Leningrad, former USSR. He gained his Ph.D. from the Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar on the history of Mongolia: "Historical Annals of South Song Dynasty as Historical and Ethnographic Sources of the 13th Century Mongols”.
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China’s Vice Premier Liu Reassures Businesses Amid Crackdowns www.bloomberg.com

China’s Vice Premier Liu He made a strong pledge to continue supporting private businesses after a spate of regulatory crackdowns in sectors from after-school tutoring to Internet platforms rocked financial markets.
“The principles and policies for supporting the development of the private economy have not changed,” Liu, who is President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser, said in a video speech to a digital economy expo in Hebei province, according to a Xinhua News Agency report. “They don’t change now, and will not change in the future.”
China must stick to socialist market economy reforms and persist in opening up the economy, Liu said, vowing the country will protect property rights and intellectual property rights. He reiterated that the private economy has contributed to over half of China’s tax revenue, more than 60% of economic growth and 80% of urban jobs.
The comments came after the government tightened restrictions across a range of sectors, triggering a selloff that at one point wiped off $1.5 trillion from Chinese stocks. Authorities are taking more aggressive action as they shift their focus to longer-term goals like promoting income equality and achieving “common prosperity,” boosting the plunging birthrate and protecting national security.
China must heavily support the development of private industry to make it play a bigger role in stabilizing the economy and employment as well as enhancing the structure of economy and promoting innovation, Liu said.
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Mercedes reveals electric luxury models for on- and off-road www.cnn.com

Mercedes gave details on a number of new electric cars ahead of next week's Munich transportation show. They include two SUV concepts -— one a rugged off-roader and the other an opulent ultra-luxury model — as well as a high-performance sedan.
The Mercedes-Benz EQG concept SUV is an all-electric interpretation of the Mercedes G-class SUV. The SUV shares the G-class's boxy shape. Engineers even copied the G-class' jutting door handles and meticulously recreated the same "thunk" made by the G-class' doors when they close. Instead of a spare tire mounted on the EQG's tailgate, there's a storage box that can hold a charging cable.
Mercedes plans to produce a vehicle based on this concept, and announced that it will even drive it through the same Austrian mountain off-road course where the internal combustion-powered G-class model is tested. Each wheel of the EQG is powered by its own electric motor, according to Mercedes, to allow for maximum four-wheel-drive control.
Mercedes also revealed the Mercedes-Maybach EQS, a large luxury SUV intended mostly for on-road use. Mecedes-Maybach is the automaker's ultra-luxury sub-brand with models and prices that compete against brands like Bentley.
Like the Mercedes-Benz EQS sedan, the Maybach EQS SUV has a glass panel that covers the entire dashboard giving the impression of a single enormous touchscreen. On the outside, it has a two-tone paint job, an option on Mercedes-Maybach models. As in the EQS electric sedan, the doors can open automatically as the driver approaches. Mercedes has announced it intends to put a large electric SUV, the Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV, into production in 2022. The Maybach SUV would be based on that.
The Mercedes-AMG EQS, also revealed Sunday, is a high-performance version of the Mercedes-Benz EQS sedan. Mercedes-AMG is Mercedes's high-performance sub-brand. Not just a concept car, this will be the first fully electric AMG production model.
It has two high-performance electric motors, one each for the front and back wheels, producing at total of 649 horsepower. Power output can briefly reach 751 horsepower using a special Race Start mode. The car's electric motors were specially designed for high performance use performance demands, according to Mercedes.
Mercedes designers also created special sounds for what would otherwise be a largely silent driving experience. The sound, which is generated both inside and outside the vehicle, can vary depending on the driving mode, such as Comfort, Sport or Sport+. In Sport, it's a gentle hum with an added jet-like overtone during acceleration. In Sport+ it takes on a subtle rumble suggestive of an internal combustion engine.
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3,766 new cases of COVID-19 reported www.montsame.mn

It was reported during today’s press briefing of the Ministry of Health that 3,766 new coronavirus cases were detected in the past 24 hours after tests were carried out at PCR laboratories across the country.
In specific, 1,271 new cases were confirmed in Ulaanbaatar city and 2,494 cases were detected in rural regions.
As a result, the nationwide infection tally is now 236,079. In the last 24 hours, 3,175 coronavirus patients were recovered and discharged from hospital. The Ministry also reported six new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the country's death toll to 968.
Currently, 18,941 people are receiving hospital treatment for COVID-19 whilst 28,890 people with mild symptoms of COVID-19 are being isolated at home.
As of today, a total of 2,103,782 people have received the second dose of vaccines against COVID-19, equal to 64.7 percent of the total population of Mongolia
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Prevalence of COVID-19 among adolescents declines as a result of vaccination www.montsame.mn

At its 26th meeting on September 6, the State Emergency Commission discussed the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, results of the vaccination and other issues. Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the State Emergency Commission S.Amarsaikhan issued relevant decisions.
According to the researchers, the COVID-19 infection rate may peak by mid-September and gradually decline afterwards. Over 70 percent of all patients currently undergoing treatment at hospitals are in mild conditions.
“The COVID-19 related deaths tend to decrease as over 70 percent of the nationwide vaccination target group have been fully vaccinated,” said Minister of Health S. Enkhbold. In spite of accounting for about 20 percent of the total cases currently reported, the incidence among children aged 12-17 has declined as a result of vaccination.
The research of the scientists’ team under the Ministry of Health showed that the third dose of vaccine is highly protective (92 percent) against the death caused by the coronavirus and results in a four-fold increase in antibodies in 7-14 days. Regarding the matter, Secretary of the team O. Batbayar noted the necessity of urgently involving people in the third dose. As of today, 70 thousand citizens have been involved in the third dose of vaccine against COVID-19.
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Mongolia disinfecting schools, kindergartens, hospitals and shopping malls www.akipress.com

In connection with the new academic year, the Mayor’s Office of Ulaanbaatar is disinfecting all schools, kindergartens, hospitals as well as the outdoor spaces of the large markets and shopping malls in the capital city from September 1 until October 8, 2021.
Since the start of the disinfection, 36 large markets and shopping malls, 32 hospitals, 178 kindergartens and 48 secondary schools and universities have been disinfected.
In addition, bus stations are being sterilized, Montsame reports.
Mongolia confirmed 3,766 cases of coronavirus on Sept 6.
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Inner Mongolia losing dominance in FeCr production amid China’s carbon-reduction plans www.metalbulletin.com

High-carbon ferro-chrome output in Inner Mongolia, China’s leading ferro-alloy producing region, has retreated in the first eight months of the year, while that in the rest of the country has risen, according to market sources.
This comes amid a push by Chinese authorities to reduce emissions in energy-intensive industries, as part of the country’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
Operations at high-carbon-emitting companies in Inner Mongolia were hindered during the first half of this year amid the local government’s attempt to lower energy consumed per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) in the autonomous region by 3% in 2021.
Inner Mongolia produced 1.30 million tonnes of high-carbon ferro-chrome in the first six months of this year, down by nearly 25% from the same period of last year, according to market participants.
This accounts for roughly 47% of total domestic output over the January-June period, a drop of 10% year on year, market participants told Fastmarkets.
The decline in Inner Mongolia’s production became more pronounced in the third quarter of the year, when operations in...
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Russia: Magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurs in southern Irkutsk Oblast, Russia at around 15:47 Sept. 6. www.garda.com

A magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurred in southern Irkutsk Oblast, Russia at around 15:47 Sept. 6. The epicenter was about 350 km (217 miles) east-northeast of Kyzyl, Russia. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 miles), and light shaking was probably felt throughout Irkutsk Oblast as well as western Buryatia and eastern Tuva republics in Russia, and northern Khuvsgul Province in Mongolia. There have been no initial reports of damage or casualties as a result of the earthquake, and significant damage is unlikely. It could take several hours until authorities can conduct comprehensive damage assessments, especially in remote areas. Light aftershocks are likely over the coming days.Officials may temporarily shut down transportation infrastructure in the tremor zone to check for damage. Minor disruptions could occur during shutdowns, but service will likely resume quickly if no damage is found. Utility outages are possible, particularly near the earthquake's epicenter.

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