Neither the Mongolbank nor the Parliament Office has so far issued any public statement about the letter of resignation the President of the country’s Central bank, A.Batsukh, is believed to have submitted to Parliament on December 31, but a Mongolian newspaper, Undesnii Shuudan, has quoted him as saying that he decided on the step “to maintain the dignity of his office”.

The United States will provide Mongolia with up to $700,000 to participate in programs to capture and sell methane gas.

There had been many cases of privatization in recent years but year 2008 was busy with the State Great Khural election and the local self government election and privatization of Mongolia telecom and MIAT were postponed.

The government has begun a census to count the nation’s livestock. Nearly 300 census committees have been set up in soums of 21 aimags.