ULAANBAATAR will have a new international airport by 2015. This will be built with Japanese assistance in Khoshigt valley in Tov aimag, at a place close to Zuunmod, the aimag center, which is about 54 kilometers from the capital.

It was announced Thursday that Mongolia and Monaco will establish diplomatic relations. According to reports, discussions at the ambassadorial level had been conducted at the United Nations in New York.

Under a campaign to promote traditional Mongolian music, a folk rock band Altan Urag has successfully going popular among young generation. The campaign has been running under the sponsor of the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sciences together with Khan Bank.

On March 30, State Circus hosted a dueling competition between Mongolian and Russian judo players. At the invitation of the President Mongolian Judo Federation, Kh.Battulga, seven world renowned judo players from Russia were ringed in Ulaanbaatar,

S.Bayar, the Prime Minister of Mongolia, will visit the Russian Federation on 10-14, April. An official visit would be made at the end of last but it was extended. The Minister S.Bayar’s visit is being observed by many people.

Mongolian officials from Erdenet spent this past weekend visiting their sister city, Fairbanks, Alaska in the USA.
The visit follows the signing of sister city pacts last October when Mongolian President N. Enkhbayar visited Alaska.