Volume of accumulated investments from UAE to Eurasian region grows by 18.4% in 1.5 years - EDB www.akipress.com

The accumulated investments of the UAE in the Eurasian region have showed stable annual growth for more than 8 years, according to the report of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB, 2025).
The volume of accumulated investments of the UAE increased by 71% compared to 2016 and reached $12.2 billion at the end of the first half of 2024. The growth was 18.4% over the past year and a half.
The bulk of investment (90.3%)  in 2024 are primary investments.
According to the EDB, the total number of active projects involving investments from the UAE reaches 15. Purchase with expansion accounts for 8.2% of the total volume of accumulated investments with a total project value of $1 billion.

Uzbekistan And Mongolia Set To Strengthen Air Links With New Hunnu Air Partnership www.travelandtourworld.com

Concessional Loan Agreement to Finance the “Atar-4” Campaign Signed www.montsame.mn

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry of Mongolia, the Bank of Mongolia, and 10 commercial banks have signed a Concessional Loan Agreement to Finance the “Atar-4” Sustainable Agriculture Development Campaign.
Under the Agreement, commercial banks will provide loans worth MNT 800 billion to agriculture, livestock, and food production industries. Of this, up to MNT 350 billion will be allocated for working capital, and the rest for investment purposes. In 2025, MNT 52.8 billion will be allocated in the State Budget of Mongolia to subsidize loan interest rates, including 10 percent of the interest rate on working capital loans. The loan term is set at two years for working capital loans and four years for investment loans.
Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry Enkhbayar Jadamba said, “A month ago, the Bank of Mongolia and commercial banks signed a financing agreement for a large-scale program to improve the processing of wool, cashmere, and leather light industries. Today, a document for the “Atar-4” movement has been signed that will realize the Government’s goal of combining, intensifying, and diversifying agriculture with animal husbandry, and taking light and food industries to a new level. This program will be implemented until 2028 which would increase agricultural fields by 200 thousand hectares and boost production in food, agriculture, and light industries. To achieve this, agricultural fields must be protected from soil erosion. Mongolia's population will reach four million by 2030. In addition, the number of tourists visiting Mongolia will reach one million. Therefore, there is an urgent need to increase the volume of food cultivation and production to meet the growing demand. On the other hand, in collaboration with the "One Billion Trees" National Movement initiated by the President of Mongolia, we will elevate soil conservation policy, protecting soil fertility and establishing forest belts, introducing suitable advanced technologies in stages, including for irrigation and crop rotation. We will take comprehensive plant protection measures and develop seed breeding complexes. With these measures, we aim at increasing the food yield per land unit and create conditions for domestic production to meet 100 percent of the needs for grains, potatoes, and staple vegetables, and 70 percent of fodder demand."
"Moreover, we will support intensive livestock farming, adding 200 thousand high-yielding cows to the livestock herd and developing intensive meat and milk clusters. Another major task of this program is to augment feed cultivation for intensive livestock farming. Essentially, we will revolutionize feed cultivation and production. A network that directly connects farmers with producers will be established. The movement strives that all the stakeholders engaged in the food, agriculture, and light industry sectors can develop together. As a result, Mongolia will achieve the goal of providing its population with healthy and safe food and developing export-oriented agriculture. The export of Mongolian food, agriculture, and light industry sectors currently amounts to USD 1 billion, while the implementation of the “White Gold” National Movement and “Atar-4” Campaign, which are interconnected, will enable us to augment the export to USD 2 billion,” the Minister noted.
To boost agricultural production, increase capacity, and improve efficiency, investment loans will be provided to individuals and enterprises engaged in agricultural production in 15 areas as follows:
1. Establishing a fully mechanized threshing floor
2. Establishing a new mechanized potato and vegetable storage and cellar
3. Establishing a new greenhouse and plant factory (hydroponics, aeroponics)
4. Increasing the capacity of agricultural machinery and equipment, purchasing new ones
5. Establishing and expanding a mushroom factory
6. Expanding and establishing a new beef cattle farm, purchasing equipment
7. Expanding and establishing a new livestock breeding farm, purchasing equipment
8. Stabilizing poultry farming operations, expanding production, purchasing equipment
9. Establishing feed plant and expanding feed production
10. Stabilizing beekeeping farm operation, expanding production, purchasing equipment
11. Establishing a new dairy cattle farm (cluster), expanding production, purchasing equipment
12. Upgrading food processing equipment
13. Establishment and expansion of a new processing plant for grains (soybeans,  peas, beans, rye, barley) and purchase of new equipment
14. Establishment and expansion of a new food and meat warehouse and purchase of new warehouse equipment
15. Establishment of a new packaging plant for agricultural products

15th Mongolia-UK Round Table Meeting to be held in Britain www.akipress.com

The 15th Mongolia-UK Round Table Meetingwill be held in the UK on February 26.
The meeting will be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Amarsaikhan Sainbuyan and Secretary of State for the Indo-Pacific at the Foreign, Commonwealth and International Development Office of the United Kingdom Catherine West.
The parties will discuss relations and cooperation between Mongolia and the United Kingdom, as well as ways to collaborate in major construction projects. They will also discuss the finalization of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to be concluded between the two countries.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia will also meet with Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports Gareth Thomas to discuss further steps to develop bilateral cooperation.
Diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the UK were established in 1963. Cooperation has covered many areas, including trade, investment and education in the past 62 years.

Remarks to joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Mongolia www.govt.nz

(By Mr. Rt Hon Winston Peters Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the New Zealand)
It is a pleasure for the New Zealand to be in Ulaanbaatar this afternoon. The welcome has been warm, even if the temperatures outside have not been. Though, your Ambassador tells me the temperature reached +1 degrees Celsius at midday today! Thank you to Foreign Minister Battsetseg for your generous hosting. 
Despite our geographic distance, New Zealand and Mongolia share many commonalities: both small states committed to democracy, multilateralism, and the international rules-based order. 
We also share proportional representation electoral systems, New Zealand since 1996, and Mongolia since 2024. 
The New Zealand-Mongolia relationship is warm and long-standing. It is significant that this year we are marking 50 years since diplomatic relations were established in 1975. This is a seriously important milestone. 
It was valuable exchanging views and experiences today with the Minister and colleagues, and discussing our respective regional and international priorities. 
The New Zealand community here in Mongolia is small, but an important element to our relationship. We thank the New Zealand community – and Mongolians in New Zealand – for their support for this relationship, and for continuing to find exciting new ways to connect our countries. 
Ties between our people continue to deepen. We continue to welcome Mongolian scholars to New Zealand, including through the long-standing English Language Training for Officials (“ELTO”) programme. 
New Zealand is also pleased to provide targeted support to Mongolian NGOs and other groups through the New Zealand Embassy Fund. This has included support for sheep-shearer training programmes. This might sound ordinary, but shearing is a critical part of ensuring productivity! 
This year we are contributing towards a rural water project, which will support over 100 families to access the water supply system. We are also helping Mongolian herders to build climate change resilience. 
Once again, thank you to Foreign Minister Battsetseg and other senior Mongolian colleagues for your generous hosting on this important occasion. 
And allow me to reiterate one last time what a special significance it is for me to be here today. 
Thank you.

Foreign Minister of Mongolia to Pay an Official Visit to Japan www.montsame.mn

At the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Takeshi Iwaya, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh will pay an official visit to Japan from February 28 to March 5, 2025.
During the visit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Battsetseg Batmunkh and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Takeshi Iwaya will hold official talks. Foreign Minister Battsetseg will meet with other officials to exchange views on expanding and deepening the “people-centered” relations and cooperation between the two countries in all sectors at the level of the Special Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity and on regional and international issues of mutual interest. Also, documents on projects to be implemented under the grant aid of the Government of Japan are expected to be signed.
This visit is remarkable as it marks the first visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia to Japan in 13 years as an honored guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, with the last such visit taking place in 2012. Mongolia and Japan established diplomatic relations on February 24, 1972.

China's top political advisor meets chairman of Mongolia's State Great Hural www.xinhuanet.com

China's top political advisor Wang Huning met with Dashzegve Amarbayasgalan, chairman of Mongolia's State Great Hural, which is the Mongolian parliament, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Wang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, said that under the strategic guidance of the two countries' leaders, the exchanges and cooperation in various fields between China and Mongolia continue to deepen, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples.
China is willing to work together with Mongolia to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of both countries, maintain the political foundation for the development of bilateral relations, and promote the building of a China-Mongolia community with a shared future, Wang said.
Wang stated that the CPPCC National Committee is ready to promote exchanges and cooperation with the Mongolian side, making contributions to the continuous development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Amarbayasgalan said that Mongolia and China are neighbors, good friends, and good partners and that developing friendly relations between the two countries is a key priority in Mongolia's foreign policy.
He added that the Mongolian side supports the major initiatives proposed by China, including the Belt and Road Initiative, and the country is willing to enhance practical cooperation with China to achieve common development.

CDW Recycling Plant at Moringiin Davaa to Recycle 100 Tons of Waste Daily www.montsame.mn

The Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Plant at the Moringiin Davaa Dump Site, located in Khan-Uul district of Ulaanbaatar City, is capable of recycling up to 100 tons of waste daily. 
The Plant has procured 29 types of machinery and equipment that are indispensable to the operation, including a landfill compactor, demolition excavator, bulldozer, wheel loader, water truck, and dump truck. The eco-friendly waste landfill facility meets hygiene requirements and has a capacity of receiving 8.5 tons of waste. 
The Plant was constructed by the order of the Governor’s Office of the Capital City as part of the “Ulaanbaatar Solid Waste Modernization” Project with financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and a grant aid from the European Union. It has a new landfill facility that meets hygiene requirements, a construction waste crushing and sorting facility, a garage for machinery and equipment, and an office building. 
Ulaanbaatar’s three centralized landfills collect an average of 1.4 million tons of waste annually, of which 11.4 percent is recycled, and 88.6 percent is buried. Construction waste accounts for 20-30 percent of the total waste collected.
During his visit to the Plant, General Manager of Ulaanbaatar City and Head of the Ulaanbaatar City Council G. Batzorig highlighted, “The Project is important for processing solid waste into gravel and crushed stone, putting them into an economic circulation, reducing the number of landfill sites and CO2 emissions, conserving water and energy, and creating sustainable jobs.”

“Chinggis Khaan” International Exhibition to Be Displayed in Prague This March www.montsame.mn

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the Czech Republic, the International Exhibition themed “Chinggis Khaan”  is scheduled to be displayed at the Historical Building of the Czech National Museum in Prague, the Czech Republic, on March 10-June 22, 2025. 
The Exhibition will feature a total of 698 artifacts and cultural items from 170 collections, provided by the Chinggis Khaan National Museum of Mongolia and the Institute of Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences. 
The Chinggis Khaan National Museum has ensured that the transportation process of artifacts was carried out in accordance with Mongolia’s “Regulations on the Transportation of Tangible Cultural Heritage” and under the supervision of customs, police, intelligence authorities, and relevant sectoral inspectors. Artifacts have been packed using custom-made, acid-free packaging and specially sanitized containers, which were commissioned from South Korea. The artifacts are covered by international insurance and will remain under the Museum’s responsibility until their return.
In June 2024, Director of the Chinggis Khaan National Museum of Mongolia Chuluun Sampildondov and Director General of the National Museum of the Czech Republic Michal Lukeš signed an "Agreement on Cooperation in Organizing an Exhibition and Providing Artifacts" in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

UNDP Supports Mongolia’s Effort to Investing in Sustainable Care Economy www.undp.org