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Prime Minister of Mongolia Nambaryn Enkhbayar arrives in China on an official visit

At the invitation of the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhu Rongji, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Mongolia, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, is arriving in China on an official visit on Monday. RIA Novosti was informed about this by the press service of the Mongolian government. During the visit, which will last until January 12, the Mongolian prime minister will discuss with his Chinese counterpart Zhu Rongji key issues in bilateral relations, in particular, trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. Nambaryn Enkhbayar is scheduled to meet with President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin and Head of the Chinese Parliament Li Peng. In addition to Beijing, Enkhbayar also intends to visit the cities of Xinjiang, Xianggang, Hohhot / the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region / and the border with Mongolia ...

ULAN-BATOR, January 7. / Corr. RIA Novosti Alexander Altman /. At the invitation of the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Zhu Rongji, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Mongolia, Nambaryn Enkhbayar, is arriving in China on an official visit on Monday. RIA Novosti was informed about this by the press service of the Mongolian government.

During the visit, which will last until January 12, the Mongolian prime minister will discuss with his Chinese counterpart Zhu Rongji key issues in bilateral relations, in particular, trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.

Nambaryn Enkhbayar is scheduled to meet with President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin and Head of the Chinese Parliament Li Peng.

In addition to Beijing, Enkhbayar also intends to visit the cities of Xinjiang, Xianggang, Hohhot / the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region / and Erlian, bordering Mongolia.

Will play an important role in promoting and intensifying Mongolian-Chinese relations. We believe that both of our countries have enormous potential for deepening a comprehensive strategic partnership by strengthening political mutual trust and respect for each other's fundamental interests, ”he said in an exclusive interview. Xinhua Prime Minister of Mongolia Uhnaagiin Khurelsukh ahead of his trip to China for the annual Boao Forum for Asia.

He confirmed that one of the priority directions of Mongolia's foreign policy is the comprehensive development of friendly ties and cooperation with the PRC.

“We see that China is also striving to develop good relations with neighboring countries, including Mongolia. Mongolia here is considered by China as one of the main partners. It is on this basis that Mongolian-Chinese relations are at a consistently good level and are developing in many spheres, "the Prime Minister noted.

Recalling that Chinese President Xi Jinping, during his state visit to Mongolia in 2014, decided to raise the level of Mongolian-Chinese relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, U. Khurelsukh said: “It was a historic decision ... In this context, it is important to further strengthen these relations by high level ".

He expressed confidence that the words of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who invited everyone "to the high-speed train of Chinese development", would give a new powerful impetus to building up bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation.

The head of government noted that the expansion of Mongolian-Chinese cooperation will play an important role in the socio-economic development of his country. In recent years, China has become one of the largest trading partners and key investors for Mongolia. In 2017, bilateral trade between the countries reached $ 6.7 billion, up 36 percent. more compared to the same period of the previous year and is 63 percent. of the total trade in Mongolia.

According to U. Khurelsukh, many projects are currently being implemented in Mongolia at the expense of concessional loans and gratuitous assistance from the PRC. In particular, the construction of new treatment facilities in Ulaanbaatar, the redevelopment of the yurt districts of the capital of the country and the modernization of the thermal power plant in the city of Erdenet.

"We believe that in order to deepen further cooperation and increase efficiency, it is necessary to implement the agreements reached earlier, to stabilize the activities of cooperation mechanisms and monitor their implementation," the Prime Minister said.

Noting that the promotion of friendly relations and humanitarian cooperation between citizens is crucial for strengthening the social basis of bilateral relations and strengthening mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples, he said that a joint council of Mongolian-Chinese humanitarian exchanges was established last year and in January this year in Its first meeting took place in Beijing, at which the implementation of joint measures in 2018 was agreed.

"As a result, bilateral relations have intensified more in areas such as culture, art, sports, education, science, tourism, health care and the media. Regional cooperation has become even more dynamic," the head of government said, adding that in connection with the celebration of 70 anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and China, a number of events will be held in 2019, including a joint concert and a Mongolian-Chinese forum. The role of humanitarian cooperation will increase in building up bilateral cooperation between Mongolia and China in the long term.

"We want to take an active part in cultural and humanitarian cooperation within the framework of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative and to promote the popularization of Mongolia among the people of China and in the Belt and Road countries," said U. Khurelsukh. and aligning Mongolia's development policy with Chinese policy and strategy, ”he added.

"Mongolia initially supported the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. In addition, our government is seeking to coordinate Mongolia's development policy with this initiative in order to enrich bilateral cooperation with real content and deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership with the PRC," the politician said.

"In this regard, we are performing two major tasks. First, we are working with Russia and China as part of the implementation of the Mongolia-China-Russia Economic Corridor Program, adopted by the three parties in 2016. Within this program, 32 projects will be implemented, including which we focus on three priority ones: the use of the central railway corridor and the Asian road network along the AH3 route for transit cargo transportation, the study of the economic feasibility of the construction of a high-speed highway in this direction and the study of the possibilities for the participation of Chinese enterprises in the modernization of the Mongolian-Russian energy network. attention is paid to financing options, "he said.

"Secondly, this is the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Mongolia and the Government of China on the coordination of the Development Path program and the Belt and Road Initiative, concluded in Beijing in May 2017. The parties are currently considering a joint plan for the implementation of this memorandum. was agreed by both parties in five main directions. We are still discussing many large projects within the framework of mutually beneficial cooperation, "U. Khurelsukh said.

He also said that Mongolia is expanding trade with China in order to increase the export of goods. “As for investment, we are interested in attracting investments in non-mining sectors of the economy and in introducing innovative energy-saving technologies that are environmentally friendly,” the Prime Minister said.

U. Khurelsuh stressed that over the past 40 years, China has made progress in pursuing a policy of reform and opening up, and in the past five years, the Chinese economy has also been developing steadily under the leadership of the CCP. “Mongolia, as a country with traditional friendly relations with the PRC, is pleased with the successes and achievements of China,” the Prime Minister said. According to him, the Mongolian side is confident that the decisions made at the 19th Congress of the CPC and the sessions of the NPC and the CPPCC will make a valuable contribution to the development of mutually beneficial cooperation between Mongolia and China and to ensuring world peace. -0-

Date of Birth: 24.12.1956
Citizenship: Mongolia

UNDER THE PORTRAIT OF CHINGISKHAN

- Mongolia amazes with one peculiarity. Political rivals prefer florid, ironic speeches to rude attacks on each other. In circumstances requiring seemingly quick, sharp movements, the Mongols are thoughtful, unhurried ...

Everything is not so good, but the general spirit is captured correctly. There is a lot from the nomadic way of life: communication is a value in itself. Not seeing people for months, the nomad is happy to meet the guest. And when the horse with the traveler again disappears behind the horizon, the owner will go over the details of the conversation in his memory for a long time. We are all from traditionally nomadic families, a third of the two and a half million Mongols still roam today.

And one more thing: we remember that we are few. Even in Ulan Bator, many have known each other since childhood. This also explains to some extent why the Mongolian revolution of the 90s turned out to be even "velvety" than the Czech one. Confrontation within society was and continues, as everywhere, sometimes in rather acute forms, but the Mongol is unlikely to succumb to the desire to aggravate the situation. We have learned this rule from our own history, from the commandments of Genghis Khan.

- Is that why there is a portrait of Genghis Khan over the ambassador's desk? In the offices of ambassadors, portraits of living top officials of the state usually hang.

The heads of state are temporary figures, and the founder of the Mongolian state is a constant value.

- Aren't you afraid that your words will alert someone in Ulaanbaatar?

Fortunately, the Mongols have a good sense of history - can you say that? - and a sense of humor.

- Why did President Natsagiin Bagabandi appoint the head of his administration as ambassador to Russia?

This means that he values ​​friendly relations with Russia so much that he did not regret his closest adviser. (Laughs) But it was like this: in 2001, after the election of the president for a second term, I myself asked for a diplomatic job. There was a choice: Washington, Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow. Russia seemed closer to me and my wife Khulan, and not only geographically: my wife lived in Moscow for a long time (her father worked at our embassy), studied here at the institute.

- Did you meet in student Moscow?

Later. Khulan returned home after MGIMO and defending her Ph.D. thesis in the late 1980s. We met at a training camp for simultaneous interpreters, which I was leading. The Russian language became our matchmaker ... I had a family, three daughters from my first marriage. Meeting with Khulan completely changed my life and hers.

FAMILY LIFE

- I can't imagine how Khulan, one of the most beautiful women in Mongolia ...

Thanks!

- ... lives under the same roof with a political rival and manages to do everything - an activist of his party, mistress of the house, mother (I know you have a common daughter). How does she do it?

My wife is now in Ulan Bator, so I'll try to answer myself. Khulan is one of those active natures for whom it is not enough to be a wife and a mother, she is from the breed of leaders, from those who are followed by people. Our daughter Daria is growing up the same way. Her name in translation from Sanskrit means "overcoming obstacles". The role of only the Ambassador's wife Khulan, of course, does not satisfy. I can only help her, both of us, by my respect for her preferences. And Khulan helps me in the same way. In my opinion, mutual tolerance is a way of survival for both the family and the nation.

- Sorry for the indelicate question. Each party has secrets - do you and your wife share them?

How do you imagine that? That we are in the kitchen or in bed discussing secret election technologies, party decisions? Of course, there are nuances in which it is undesirable to initiate anyone, but are we really going to try to find out from each other? Self-esteem and respect for a loved one is dearer than any political secrets.

- Are there other similar families in Mongolia?

A lot. By some genes, on a subconscious level, we all, I repeat, feel that we are few. We feel as one. There are no problems so serious as to allow the destruction of the family for their sake. Therefore, by the way, it is impossible to imagine a Mongol telling an anecdote about his mother-in-law. Even an incorrigible scoffer will be stopped by traditions, home education: this is a taboo! Respect for family values ​​is dictated by special ethical standards.

- With the same respect, the Mongols speak of their people, state ...

We are perplexed when they hear from the lips of a Russian: "There are two troubles in Russia - fools and roads." The Mongol can say so caustically about an official in the service of the state. But never about the state itself. For a small nation, this is not a joke. Perhaps our concept of dignity is too keen. That is why, I think, with all the Mongols' penchant for everyday humor, we do not have a satirist-denouncer of the level of Saltykov-Shchedrin. Or Bulgakov, Averchenko. There were and still are wonderful humorist writers, finely feeling, with a talented pen, but the appearance of Zoshchenko or Zhvanetsky is unimaginable. Not sure if this is good, but it is.

SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF

- Are you a happy person?

Of course ... The main goal for which we all live is children. Among the Mongols, children, having already had their own families, often live with their parents. My adult children also live with me. This, I think, is one of the differences between the East and the West. There is no need to count on children, to estimate how much you have invested in them. They do not live for you, but for their children. This is a vertical line directed to eternity.

- I was told that in the 30s your ancestors had the stigma of "enemies of the people".

Half of the country went with this stigma. My paternal grandfather is from the region of southern Khubsugul, there were a huge number of monasteries and Buddhist schools. He was a lama, knew three languages: Mongolian, Tibetan, Sanskrit. After the 1921 revolution, he was repressed like 30 thousand other clergymen. When our ethnic persecution began, my maternal grandfather fell into a political meat grinder. He had a higher education in agriculture, but his origin was disappointing - the Buryats! My father was a historian, my mother was an ichthyologist. With her participation, fry of omul were brought to Lake Khubsugul from Lake Baikal. This happened in the year I was born, my mother called me the same age as the Mongolian omul.

- How did you end up in the Russian school in Ulan Bator?

It was my grandmother's decision ... They were admitted to the Mongolian school from the age of eight, and one could enter the Russian school from the age of six. When my grandmother decided it was time to study, I was six. People of the older generation looked at us incredulously: he goes to someone else's school, knows his language and history by hearsay. What a Mongol! We suffered from feelings of inferiority. Peers who studied in Chinese schools were in the same position. Of course, everything was not so: the study of "alien" sciences sharpened the sensitivity to one's own, national. The most zealous nationalists came from just those who studied in "foreign" schools. When it turned out that it was easier for their graduates to enter the universities of the USSR, education in Russian schools became prestigious.

- So it all started with your grandmother?

True, I owe her a lot. I remember I was in my fifth or sixth year, no one was in the room, and I reached into the buffet for sweets. And then my grandmother appeared. I froze. "Like this, with outstretched hand, you will stand until your parents come!" - my grandmother taught me a lesson. For an hour and a half I stood like a sculpture, with my hand outstretched to the side, with all my childish heart experiencing bitterness and shame. Since then, every time circumstances put me in front of the temptation of an easy prey or an easy decision, I physically feel my hand go numb with a candy taken without asking.

- Has Moscow State University become a springboard for politics for you?

Yes and no. Young Mongols, who studied for five years with Soviet and other foreign students, excited by the events in Hungary in 1956, the Prague spring of 1968, infected with a rebellious spirit, secretly passing from hand to hand the books of Solzhenitsyn, Aksenov, Voinovich, returned to Ulan Bator. The discrepancy between the spirit of free student life and the realities of our "steppe socialism" was striking. A special commission on distribution ascertained the level of political maturity. For example, they ask: "What should every childhood take care of?" It was necessary to answer with the formula of the last party congress: "Everyone from childhood should take care of socialist property like the apple of his eye ..." The conclusion of the commission was more important than a diploma from Moscow State University. I was also asked to name the exact number of camels in the country. Who knows! And they sent a certified international lawyer to the district government to engage in capital construction ...

- Now the number of camels, I hope you remember?

- (Laughs.) How else could I have been appointed ambassador? Two hundred and eighty thousand! And then there was, it turns out, almost a million. The Mongols could have flooded the whole world with super-warm camel-hair blankets, but the population is dwindling, no matter how unfortunate it is.

NEW MONGOLS

- So we come to the topic of the Mongolian oligarchs. Are they different from Russian ones?

The initial accumulation of capital varied in scale, but in fact did not differ throughout the entire space - from the Berlin Wall to the Chinese Wall. Those who were closer to the nomenklatura trough - yesterday's youth activists, party workers, senior officials - turned out to be more grasping. Most of them made capital in the early 90s, using the favorable situation between Russia and China: the Mongols could travel to both countries without much difficulty, delivering Chinese consumer goods to Russian markets, and Chinese customers - Russian raw materials and machinery. Today business is getting thinner: you need to learn the language, the laws of the market.

- Do the rich stand out on the streets?

Outwardly, they also begin to look more civilized. You rarely see a heavy gold chain on your chest - a recent sign of "toughness." But more often you see an oligarch dressed "like a steppe dweller", in a luxurious national dress - a Delhi and a fox hat, who sways in the saddle on an expensive thoroughbred horse and speaks on a mobile phone with relatives in Europe or America. Today our oligarch collects not Mercedes cars, but more expensive pacers than any car. Call of the ancestors!

- It seems that for the first time after Genghis Khan, Mongolian nomadism, this time businesslike, again began to conquer the world ...

The largest diaspora of Mongols (more than 20 thousand) today is in South Korea, the second largest in Germany, and the third in the United States. Russia is in 5-6th place (no more than one and a half thousand). There are no statistics from China, but I think there are about 2-3 thousand. Refuting the trivial notion that the Mongol prefers to work less and live worse than work hard and live better, the Mongols work there like horses. Much of the money earned is sent home. From South Korea alone, remittances in the amount of up to $ 40-50 million are annually received. This is a lot for a country with a population of two and a half million.

- You did not persuade your fellow countrymen to return to their homeland?

Why persuade ... I saw Mongols who became managers in hotels and restaurants in the United States, bosses in Korean factories, programmers in European firms, mathematicians, physicists, biotechnologists. One Mongolian sculptor with his Jewish wife went to Israel. His name is Chinggis-haim there. The drain of brains and talents is alarming, but knowing the psychology of my compatriots, I have no doubt that they will return.

- Where such confidence?

No meat in the world can replace a piece of lamb that smells of native steppe for a Mongolian. Even from the richest capitals in the world, the Mongol begs relatives to send meat. It is special: it is one thing when a sheep eats what the farmer gives her, and quite another when she chooses what she wants in the steppe. Freedom of choice (laughs) is also important for the sheep! Our migrants will return because they are descendants of nomads. Sooner or later, the nomad returns to his native hearth.

- Is the ambassador in Moscow also sending mutton from Mongolia?

Isn't he a Mongol!

- Over time, many diplomats move into business, into commercial structures. Doesn't this prospect appeal to you?

They say that if you want to make the Lord God laugh, start talking about your plans.

BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA

- I remember Ulan Bator in the 70s and 80s, when every sixth or seventh was a Russian on the streets ...

And in the 90s, it was already difficult to meet a Russian. But a holy place is never empty. I think we now have more Americans than Russians, and there are even more Chinese and Koreans. It is paradoxical, considering that almost 500 thousand Mongols (one-fifth of the population) can speak Russian, 50 thousand are able to speak German, they speak English, Korean, Japanese somewhat less, and there are hardly fifty Mongols who are able to passably speak Chinese. ... This is the result of a long severance of all ties with China.

- And where do you think the scales will tilt?

We don't need Russian or Chinese dominance. We have been painfully familiar with this for several centuries. We want an even, symmetrical, balanced presence of all. There were times when people wanted to see Mongolia "Chinese" or "Russian". Today the situation in this sense is ideal: Mongolia is a draw, it is Mongolian, and that suits everyone. This is not a diplomat telling you - just a Mongol.

- Does the diplomat keep quiet? ..

And as a diplomat I will add: we are for the best relations with two neighboring giants - Russia and China. But we are also for the representation on our territory of the interests (economic, political) of the so-called third (collective, total) "neighbor" - the Americans, Japanese, Koreans, Europeans, etc., capable of balancing the interests of the first two. We call this our multi-vector foreign policy.

- What about this situation with the "local Russians" living in Mongolia since the first half of the 19th century? For two centuries they remained, as they say, their own among strangers, strangers among their ...

Among the "local Russians" were my school friends. Their fate was not easy. In Mongolia, they are Russians, and when they come to Russia, they are Mongols. Once there were up to 20 thousand of them. Today - fifteen hundred. Someone receives Russian citizenship and leaves, others have Mongolian citizenship, they enjoy the same rights as the Mongols. I invited Metropolitan Kirill from Moscow to the opening of the Orthodox Church in Ulan Bator. We maintain good relations with His Eminence.

- You have a portrait of the Dalai Lama in your office, we are talking in a beautiful yurt built for his arrival ... Are you a believer?

I respect all religions, but by family tradition, home education, I am a Buddhist. Like most Mongols. I don’t go to temple rituals or services, so I cannot classify myself as an active believer. The essence of faith, after all, is not in rituals, but in the teaching itself.

- How did you cope with the recent refusal of the Russian authorities to give the Dalai Lama a transit visa? If we don’t really want to talk about it, we will assume that there was no question. Turn off the recorder?

Well why ... Veneration of the Dalai Lama for the Mongols, and for me in particular, today is not only a matter of faith. Can you imagine that the Patriarch of All Russia would not be allowed into any country to meet with his Orthodox flock? And when one big neighbor refers our supreme hierarch to his political enemies, and another big neighbor, out of solidarity, makes it difficult for him to pass through his territory to the believing Mongols, the latter have nothing to do but, against the will of the two great powers, find a way to still accept their spiritual leader ... Nobel laureate, too. On the days of the Dalai Lama's arrival, I was in Ulan Bator and saw how all Mongolia rejoiced, believers and non-believers together.

- Protest jubilation?

To some extent. The excitement associated with the considerable obstacles that His Holiness overcame to appear before the flock in Mongolia, of course, aroused sympathetic interest in this trip throughout our country and beyond. So the visit of the Dalai Lama - a fact of religious life - became, without any of our efforts, an event that further united the nation. I repeat, it is difficult for a large people to understand the feelings of a small person who looks at many things differently. For example, from the point of view expressed in one of the proverbs suffered by the Mongols: it is better to need on a whim than to succeed on a whim.

- The language, as you know, was given to a diplomat to hide his thoughts. Admit it, did these language features help you out in our conversation?

I can keep silent about something, but I cannot say what I think is not. Sometimes - unfortunately!

BLITZOPROS No. 1

- Hesitation or insanity?

Fluctuations.

- "Stolichnaya" or "Remy Martin"?

Generally, "Gzhelka", but "Stolichnaya" is also not bad.

- Timid or lively?

- Pearl or diamond?

- Black eyes or blue?

- Persistence or compromise?

Compromise.

- Comedy or thriller?

Comedy.

- "Old Spice" or "Gillette"?

- Casino or fitness club?

Fitness club.

- "Twings" or "Lipton"?

Anything but green.

- Red Square or Smolenskaya Square?

For walks - Patriarch's Ponds.

BLITZOPROS No. 2

- You prefer to listen ...

Jazz Gillespie.

- re-read ...

Now - Fazil Iskander, Yuri Trifonov.

- relax...

On the lake Khubsugul.

- to overcome in yourself ...

- receive…

Praises.

- buy…

Toys for children.

- drink…

- there is…

Cooked meat.

- warm up ...

In cold weather - near the iron stove in the yurt.

- own…

Reliable information.

- take it out of the mailbox ...

- of course, Izvestia!

Argue…

- with a competent person.

Agree in advance ...

- incompetent.

REFERENCE "Izvestia"

Sanzhaa Bayar was born in Ulan Bator in the Year of the Fire Monkey (December 24, 1956). Graduated from the Law Faculty of Moscow State University (1978).

He worked in the district council, the city hall of Ulan Bator, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mongolia. He was the editor-in-chief of the MONTSAME news agency, and deputy chairman of the Mongolian State Committee for Information, Broadcasting and Television.

In 1990 he was elected a deputy of the Great State Khural of Mongolia, headed the Standing Committee on State Building.

In 1993-1996. conducted scientific and teaching work in Mongolia (Academy of Management) and the USA (Jackson School of International Studies, Seattle, WA). Upon his return, he became director of the Institute for Strategic Studies under the Ministry of Defense of Mongolia. Since June 1997 - Head of the Presidential Administration of Mongolia.

In 2001 he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Russia.

Motto: "Better a familiar devil than an unfamiliar angel."

He is married and has four daughters and a grandson.

For the first time, the wife of the new Prime Minister of Mongolia, D. Tungalag, appeared in public. Yesterday they met together on the Chinggis Khan square the distinguished guest -

The 29th Prime Minister of Mongolia is a relatively young man. He was born in 1974. An economist by profession, in 1998 he graduated from the Institute of Qualified Accountants of Mongolia, in 2004 - from the Academy of Management of Mongolia, in 2005 - from the Mongolian State University of Agriculture.

Has three children. The eldest daughter is attending the Mon-Turk high school, the middle daughter at the Hobby school, and the youngest son attending kindergarten. The wife's name is D. Tungalag. She runs a family business. By the way, the Mongolian word "tungalag" means "clear", "pure" and "transparent".

According to J. Erdenabat in the declaration of property and income of state officials, last year he earned 99 billion 974 million MNT. And the family income was 86 million 597 thousand 100 tugriks. Has three apartments and shares in four companies. One of them belongs 100% to the new prime minister. He also indicated in the declaration of property three cars of the brands “Toyota Land cruiser 105” -1, “Toyota highlander” -1, “Lexus-570” -1.

Like almost all Mongols, he keeps cattle worth 116 million MNT. His farm has 22 horses, 232 sheep, 32 cows and a racehorse - 1. In addition, he has jewelry, art, historical and cultural values ​​worth 71 million tugriks. Savings amount to 21 million 952 thousand 950 tugriks.