"Our country is now experiencing poverty and debt crisis. So, we all need to strengthen our unity in order to create a bright future of the country and ensure the economic security," Gombojav Zandanshatar, speaker of the Mongolian parliament, told lawmakers during the opening ceremony of the extraordinary session.

"When we strengthen our unity and solidarity, we will overcome and solve any problem. I hope that we will be able to successfully discuss and approve all issues which have been planned to discuss during the extraordinary session of the parliament," he added.

During the extraordinary session, which will run until March 29, lawmakers in Mongolia's unicameral parliament are expected to discuss several issues, including draft revisions to taxation law and minerals law of the country, and appointment of the head of the country's top anti-corruption body.

The extraordinary session came after Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga submitted an official letter to Zandanshatar on Feb. 20 to call an extraordinary session of the parliament.

"Autumn session of the Mongolian parliament closed on Feb. 2, after the parliament failed to discuss the majority of the 23 originally scheduled draft bills and resolutions during the fall session of 2018 due to the halt in the functions of the parliament for over 40 days, caused by disagreement between the chairman of the parliament and lawmakers," Battulga said in the letter.

"Thus, I am submitting the proposal on summoning an extraordinary session of the parliament before March 1 in order to recompense for the times wasted and take urgent steps towards immediate resolution of the pending issues that our country and people face," Battulga said.

More than half of the lawmakers in the 76-seat parliament, most of them belonging to the ruling Mongolian People's Party (MPP), have boycotted plenary sessions and meetings of standing committees of the parliament for more than 40 days, demanding then parliament speaker Miyegombo Enkhbold's resignation over alleged conflicts of interest.

Audio recordings made public last year indicated that some officials of the MPP, including Enkhbold, allegedly used their government positions as a tool to run in the parliamentary election in 2016.

Enkhbold was removed from his post by the majority of the parliament in an ad hoc meeting on Jan. 29, and the former head of the cabinet secretariat Zandanshatar replaced him.

Trade, economic and humanitarian activities have been active between the two countries that have had a long history of friendly relations. Defense sector’s relations and cooperation came into a new level from 1999.

During the visit, tete-a-tete and expanded meetings were held to exchange views on defense sector’s cooperation and relations.

Within the visit, the Minister got acquainted with operations of Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation, which supplies Turkish armed forces with military products.

Moreover, the Minister met with Mongolian cadets studying in Ankara and participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the Chinggis Khaan statue in Chinggis Khaan Park, Cankaya district of Ankara.

Elberelt is competing in the men’s 25, 50 and 100 m individual events. He claimed gold in 25m breaststroke.

He will compete in men’s 200m freestyle tomorrow on March 19. Mongolian team has claimed eight medals at the Special Olympics.

The official explained that the association he leads wants “to help people understand what Crimea is, establish reliable relations with the peninsula, and implement joint private projects under the Belt and Road Initiative.”

It is also ready to contribute to the establishment of “reliable partner ties” and the explanation of legal details of business cooperation with Crimea, Ge Zhili said. “The Chinese society hopes for the development of friendly cooperation with Crimea; we are ready to overcome difficulties for fruitful results.”

There are also plans to renew cooperation between Crimea and southern China’s Hainan province, as well as between such cities as Yalta and Sanya, Sevastopol and Dalian, Sudak and Heihe.

Crimea has been under US and European sanctions after the region seceded from Ukraine and rejoined Russia following a referendum in 2014.

The ambitious development and investment megaproject BRI was proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013. It aims to involve 152 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

Munkhtur Munkhshur, spokesperson of the NPA confirmed: "Since 2015, Mongolia has become one of the user countries of drugs. The number of drug-related crimes has continued to increase."

Munkhshur added: "A total of 29 drug-related crimes have been registered in Mongolia in the first two months of 2019," as the data is similar to the score of this kind of offences recorded in the first half of 2018.

The key motives behind the raising cases of drug-linked were the ignorance regarding drug dealing, curiosity, trying to earn easy money and loose laws.

“This is a consequence of unaccountable mining activity being done by unprofessionals and those who do not follow instructions of professionals and engineers, but seek profits only.”

He informed the ministry’s decision to cancel all of four mining licenses of Eco Altan Zaamar Company, adding that the Ministry is waiting for a conclusion to be issued by the State Professional Inspection Agency.

“The incident is an example of dispersed responsibilities and duties of the mining-related higher and lower level government organizations and local organizations. It needs a legal change. For instance, the Ministry is authorized to issue a license, but does not have the right to cancel it. Instead, the State Professional Inspection Agency is authorized to cancel licenses,” stressed the Minister.

So far, there are 3022 licenses: 1342 exploration and 1680 mining licenses, registered at the Cadastre Registration System. The total licensed area makes up 5.4 percent of the country’s territory.

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The publication notes that the interest of the Mongols in the Russian language existed during the Soviet era and revived in the 2000-ies, when came to power, President Nambar Enkhbayar, who studied in the Literary Institute named after Gorky. With its filing in the country there were private kindergartens and schools with teachers, and teachers — native speakers of the Russian language, has increased the demand for Russian-speaking Tutors.

Popular teachers with good pronunciation and correct speech. The most popular specialty — the teacher of initial classes, mathematics, Russian language and literature. Knowledge of Mongolian is not necessary because lessons are conducted exclusively in Russian. Teaching language is sometimes begins with three years.

Average salary of a teacher in Ulan-Ude — 15-25 thousand rubles. In the Mongolian kindergarten Russians earn two thousand mnt per month (about 70 thousand rubles), in schools — about four thousand mnt (140 thousand). Some employers provide dormitories and visa support. An added bonus is the respect of the Mongolian parents and children to teachers. The newspaper points out that the country has "a huge cult teacher," this profession is considered very prestigious. Among the disadvantages of working in Mongolia is not good ecology, traffic jams and language barrier.

According to the publication, on returning home, teachers often do not want to return to the Russian education system, become demanding employers reject bureaucratic principles. Those who fail to adapt to Russian realities, leaving again to another country to work.

“This package defines the major lines to develop cooperation between Russia and China in the nuclear industry for the next decades,” Rosatom said.

The initial agreements for the construction of the two units for the Tianwan nuclear site were inked in June 2018, when Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. It was earlier reported that works on the seventh 1,200-megawatt units are scheduled to start in 2021 and the launch was expected in 2026-2027.

Built in 2006 on the coast of the Yellow Sea, the Tianwan plant is one of the biggest joint projects of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. The First two of its units, with a capacity of 1,000 MW each, were launched in 2007. Unit 3 began operations in 2017, and the reactor at the latest, fourth unit was launched at minimum capacity in September last year after the fuel loading had been finished ahead of schedule.

Moscow and Beijing have been broadening bilateral cooperation, including strengthening ties in the nuclear energy sector. In June, Russian and Chinese nuclear executives signed “the biggest package of contracts in the history of the two countries’ nuclear partnership,” according to Rosatom.

Apart from supplies of the power units, the package covered cooperation on a fast-neutron nuclear reactor currently under construction in China (also known as the CFR-600 fast reactor pilot project) and supply of the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator parts for China’s lunar exploration program.

The issuer plans to use at least 90 percent of the net proceeds from the offering to purchase mortgages with recourse and the remaining portion for general corporate purchases.

Mayer Brown has advised on a number of transactions for Mongolian issuers and the Mongolian government, and has won a number of awards in connection with those deals.

The Mayer Brown team was led by Corporate & Securities partner Jason T. Elder (Picture) and included: Corporate & Securities – partner Thomas Kollar, counsel Leslie Cruz (Washington), foreign registered lawyers Karen Chong and Joo Park (both Hong Kong), associate Thomas De Gregoris (Chicago), corporate finance officer Sean Su (Hong Kong), and Tax Transaction & Consulting – partners Jason Bazar and Jared Goldberger, and associate Brennan Young (all New York).