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Consular affairs: Consulate General of Mongolia in HK established
The Consulate General of Mongolia inHong Kong was established, with Prime Minister of Mongolia Sukhbaatar Batbold officiating the inauguration ceremony. Speaking at the ceremony, Batbold said thousands of Mongolians travel to Hong Kong every year and the number is likely to increase along with the establishment of the consulate general and the opening up of the direct flight service betweenMongoliaandHong Kong recently. The growth of Mongolia’s GDP is one of the fastest in Asia, Batbold said, adding that more Mongolian companies are expected to come into Hong Kong, an international financial center, and get listed on the stock exchange in the city as the two places have developed stronger ties.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-06/15/content_12700879.htm
Newsline: Mongolian embassy in Vienna denies talks on taking US, Japan nuke waste
Mongolia has not been in talks about importing nuclear waste from other countries, its embassy in Vienna said, after a report that Japanand the United States planned to build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility there. The country’s 2009 nuclear energy law “does not envisage import of nuclear waste from other countries,” said a statement from its embassy in the Austrian capital, where the U.N. nuclear agency is based. The statement, posted on the embassy’s website, came after Japanese daily newspaper Mainichi said Japanand the United States planned to jointly build a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Mongolia to serve customers of Japanese and U.S. nuclear plant exporters.
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE74A1FA20110511
