{"id":223,"date":"2024-08-16T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=223"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T12:44:14","slug":"mongolia-and-russia-to-expand-cooperation-in-mining-and-energy-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Mongolia and Russia to expand cooperation in mining and energy sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"

A free<\/span> trade<\/span> agreement<\/span> between<\/span> Mongolia<\/span> and<\/span> the EAEU<\/span> will be<\/span> signed<\/span> in<\/span> December<\/span> 2024<\/span>.<\/span> Mongolia<\/span> and<\/span> Russia<\/span> have reached<\/span> an agreement<\/span> on<\/span> expanding<\/span> and<\/span> developing<\/span> cooperation<\/span> in<\/span> the mining<\/span>,<\/span> energy<\/span>,<\/span> road<\/span> and transport<\/span> sectors<\/span> and<\/span> further<\/span> strengthening<\/span> the comprehensive<\/span> strategic<\/span> partnership<\/span>.<\/span> This<\/span> was<\/span> announced<\/span> by the press<\/span> service<\/span> of the Mongolian<\/span> government<\/span> following<\/span> a meeting<\/span> between Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Luvsannamsrain<\/span> Oyun<\/span>–<\/span>Erdene<\/span> and Minister<\/span> of Natural<\/span> Resources<\/span> and<\/span> Ecology<\/span> of the Russian Federation<\/span> Alexander<\/span> Kozlov<\/span>,<\/span> who<\/span> heads<\/span> the Russian<\/span> part<\/span> of the intergovernmental<\/span> commission<\/span> on<\/span> trade<\/span> and economic<\/span> cooperation<\/span>.<\/span> “<\/span>The parties<\/span> are satisfied<\/span> with the active<\/span> development<\/span> of relations<\/span> between<\/span> the two<\/span> countries<\/span> and<\/span> the strengthening<\/span> of a comprehensive<\/span> strategic<\/span> partnership<\/span>.<\/span> An agreement has been reached<\/span> on<\/span> expanding<\/span> and<\/span> developing<\/span> cooperation<\/span> in<\/span> the mining<\/span>,<\/span> energy<\/span>,<\/span> road<\/span> and transport<\/span> sectors<\/span>,<\/span>“<\/span> the<\/span> website<\/span> of the Government<\/span> of Mongolia<\/span> reports.<\/span> During<\/span> the meeting<\/span>, the parties<\/span> noted<\/span> that<\/span> negotiations<\/span> on<\/span> an agreement<\/span> between<\/span> the Mongolian<\/span> and<\/span> Russian<\/span> governments<\/span> on<\/span> trade<\/span> in oil<\/span> and<\/span> petroleum<\/span> products will be<\/span> completed<\/span> in<\/span> the near<\/span> future<\/span>.<\/span> An interim<\/span> free<\/span> trade<\/span> agreement<\/span> between<\/span> Mongolia<\/span> and<\/span> the Eurasian<\/span> Economic<\/span> Union<\/span> (<\/span>EAEU<\/span>)<\/span> will<\/span> be concluded<\/span> in<\/span> December<\/span> 2024<\/span>.<\/span> In addition<\/span>,<\/span> specialists<\/span> from<\/span> the Russian Federation<\/span> are upgrading<\/span> the coal<\/span>-fired thermal<\/span> power plant–<\/span>3<\/span>.<\/span> A working<\/span> group<\/span> of<\/span> Mongolian<\/span> and<\/span> Russian<\/span> experts<\/span> will<\/span> be formed<\/span> as<\/span> part<\/span> of the project<\/span> to<\/span> build<\/span> a hydroelectric<\/span> power station on<\/span> the Egiin<\/span> Gol<\/span> River<\/span>,<\/span> which<\/span> flows<\/span> into<\/span> the largest<\/span> tributary<\/span> of Lake Baikal<\/span> –<\/span> the transboundary<\/span> Selenga<\/span> River<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A free trade agreement between Mongolia and the EAEU will be signed in December 2024. Mongolia and Russia have reached an agreement on expanding and developing cooperation in the mining,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-politics","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t