2021-07-04 14:04:40
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On July 4, Sunday, the new Chinggis Khaan International Airport, built with a soft loan funding from the Government of Japan, officially opened with the first flight departed to Tokyo, Japan, as operated by MIAT Mongolian Airlines – national flag carrier.
Chinggis Khaan International Airport, situated 50 km south of the capital city of Ulaanbaatar - Khushigt Valley, Tuv aimag, is the largest international air facility in the country, covering an area of 104,200 square meters of aerodrome and 35,300 square meters of passenger terminals, with an annual passenger handling capacity of 2 million. The airport has one runaway with the length of 3,600 meters and the width of 45 meters, equipped to accommodate large aircraft.
Buddhism is thriving in Mongolia Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Vesak (Pali:
Vesakha, Sanskrit: Vaisakha), known as Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day is observed by Buddhist communities in and beyond India as the day of the Birth, Enlightenment and
Parinirvana of Gautama Buddha.
Mongolians also plan to celebrate Buddha Day today (26) which has been declared a public holiday.
In the seventh century Xuanzang, a Chinese traveller, who was a Buddhist monk and a scholar recorded that while traversing the Gobi Desert on the way to reach the Silk Road, he saw Buddhist temples in the territory of Mongols, where monks were doing
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2021-03-15 16:03:27
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Road and Transport
Development L.Khaltar discussed bilateral road and transport relations and
cooperation with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic
of Kazakhstan to Mongolia Zhalgas Adilbayev during a virtual meeting.
Minister L.Khaltar voiced hope that the important road and
transport development works discussed at the 8th meeting of Mongolia-Kazakhstan
Intergovernmental Commission for trade, economic, scientific, technical and
cultural cooperation will be carried out through effective cooperation. The
Minister expressed an interest in actively cooperating in the establishment of a transport-logistics
center and in the study of Mongolia-Russia-Kazakhstan railroad once
international traffic resumes.