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STATE PRIZE AWARDED TO COSMONAUTS
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ On occasion of the 30th anniversary of the first joint space program of Mongolia and USSR, state prizes were awarded Tuesday to former cosmonauts of the Soviet Union and members of the joint program, pursuant to a decree of the President Ts.Elbegdorj.
The Red Flag Order of Military Merit has been awarded to cosmonauts Major-General V.A. Dzhanibekov, V.V. Gorbatko, V.V. Kovalyonok and V.V. Lyakhov. Congratulating the former cosmonauts, the President has expressed a satisfaction with visit of the group of the Mongolia-Soviet Joint Space Program. He has underlined that J.Gurragchaa become the 1 cosmonaut in Mongolia, and the 101 one in the world thanks to the joint program. “My country is the 10 country in the world to send its cosmonaut, and the 20 country to make an experimental work in space. We always proud of it,” Ts.Elbegdorj has stressed.
Major-General and Hero of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia V.A. Dzhanibekov has thanked the President for inviting them to Mongolia, and expressed a satisfaction with awarding the state prizes. Mentioning about various measures for the anniversary, J.Gurragchaa has expressed a gratitude to the President for an audience, and granted to Ts.Elbegdorj a commemorative coin which has been issued by the Bank of Mongolia dedicated to the anniversary.
During the ceremony, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Mongolia V.Samoilenko also has granted to the President a commemorative medal for the 65th anniversary of Victory on World War II that is sent from the Russian President D.Medvedev.
B.Khuder
The Red Flag Order of Military Merit has been awarded to cosmonauts Major-General V.A. Dzhanibekov, V.V. Gorbatko, V.V. Kovalyonok and V.V. Lyakhov. Congratulating the former cosmonauts, the President has expressed a satisfaction with visit of the group of the Mongolia-Soviet Joint Space Program. He has underlined that J.Gurragchaa become the 1 cosmonaut in Mongolia, and the 101 one in the world thanks to the joint program. “My country is the 10 country in the world to send its cosmonaut, and the 20 country to make an experimental work in space. We always proud of it,” Ts.Elbegdorj has stressed.
Major-General and Hero of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia V.A. Dzhanibekov has thanked the President for inviting them to Mongolia, and expressed a satisfaction with awarding the state prizes. Mentioning about various measures for the anniversary, J.Gurragchaa has expressed a gratitude to the President for an audience, and granted to Ts.Elbegdorj a commemorative coin which has been issued by the Bank of Mongolia dedicated to the anniversary.
During the ceremony, the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Mongolia V.Samoilenko also has granted to the President a commemorative medal for the 65th anniversary of Victory on World War II that is sent from the Russian President D.Medvedev.
B.Khuder
