Overview

• Deputy Prime Minister T. Dorjhand said Saudi-based Aqua Power has announced plans to enter Mongolia with a proposed 10 GW clean‑energy program worth about $10 billion, including domestic supply, exports and data center power, with follow‑up work now starting.
• Parliament’s oversight committee urged negotiating a new investment agreement with Ontré LLC so most benefits flow to the state, as officials refine technical models and prepare 2025 talks to reduce shareholder loan interest rates tied to Oyu Tolgoi–related financing.
• Prime Minister G. Zandanshatar opened a regional Asset Recovery Network meeting pledging stronger cooperation to return illicit assets, while a parliamentary committee backed a draft pact to establish a FAO representative office in Mongolia for full parliamentary review.
• Teachers held a peaceful rally in Ulaanbaatar demanding a 3.5 million MNT base salary and warned they could shift to strikes if mediation and arbitration do not resolve the dispute within the legal timelines.
• Traffic Police reported no measured congestion relief from allowing mopeds and scooters and will commission research; Ulaanbaatar is repairing and replacing unsafe stoves and expanding a centralized CO‑detector network; a transplant center completed its fifth live‑donor liver operation; police confirmed the body of a missing two‑year‑old was found and said the criminal investigation continues.