CABINET MEETING IN BRIEF

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The cabinet considered Wednesday as necessary to discuss an introduction to implementation of the state policy on railway transport at the National Security Council.
The cabinet has approved a set of designs of a master plan for the " Zamyn-Uud" economic free zone. It has been planned to place money for this plan to be implemented until 2029 in the basic guidelines of socio-economic development and in local budgets, to involve it in other projects, implemented by foreign countries and banking and financial organizations, and to raise money from a private sector. The master plan will be realized tied up with basic solution of general developmental plan of Zamyn-Uud soum.
- A the cabinet meeting, a report was given by a research section that is responsible for analyzing conditions and possibility of establishing a Mongolia-Japan agreement on economic partnership. In conjunction with this, a working group has been set up to hold talks on establishment of the agreement, under a leadership of D.Tsogtbaatar, a State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- The cabinet has backed ratifying of the 8th Additional Protocol to Constitution of Universal Postal Union which was approved by the session of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 2008. It will be consulted with related Standing committee of parliament.
- A right has been given to Yo.Otgonbayar, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, to sign a cooperation memorandum of mutual understanding to be established between the government of Mongolia and the UNESCO.
- The cabinet has backed establishing of an agreement on cooperation in preventing emergency situations and abolishing their aftermath between the government of Mongolia and the Committee of Ministers of Ukraine. A First Commissioner Ts.Amgalanbayar, head of the National Emergency Management Agency, has taken a right to sign the agreement. The cabinet also has backed a cooperation agreement to be established between the government of Mongolia and Ukraine's Committee of Ministers in the education sector, and an agreement in the cultural sphere.
- The government has backed a culture, education and science exchange programme for 2011-2014 between the governments of Mongolia and Turkey. This program will be signed by O.Ochirjav, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Turkey. In frames of the program, 20 students and 10 master and doctor candidates will study every year in Turkey with scholarships of Turkey's government. Moreover, the countries will invite scientists to their international scientific conferences.
- A draft new wording of the law on National Great Celebration has been backed in principle.
B.Khuder