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The first telegraphic news on Mongolia has reached the ears of the world through transferring to Delta Agency of the Republic of Far East on March 18TH of 1921 the news under the name “Uprising of mongolians” reporting on the liberation of Khiagt (Khyakhta) town by the Mongolian soldiers. This event was the start of the victory of the People’s Revolution and the liberation of Mongolia from foreign aggressors. MONTA or MONTSAME was mentioned as the official source in the first-ever telegraphic news for the first time in Altanbulag town of Selenge province, under the leadership of General Sukhbaatar.
(part of “D.Sukhbaatar” film)
-What must this be?
-A telegraphic news
-Ah, I need this.
-Write it down.
-Write that “Mongolia declares its independence”
With the issuance of a government resolution on July 19 of 1921, the history of MONTSAME has officially began. MONTSAME is now looking at its 95th year of advertising Mongolia to the world, and the world events to the domestic audience.
/Mr A.Baatarkhuyag, director of MONTSAME Agency/
MONTSAME news agency is currently in cooperation with 40 news agencies from around the world. MONTAME Agency, for the 95 years since its establishment in 1921, has been catching up with the speed of information technology. Monthly access to our website reaches 6.5 million and annual acces - 20 million.
Recently, during ASEM Summit, total of more than 15 million people have taken information through our website. The one million copies of published creation by the MONTSAME each year are the weekly newspapers released in chinese, russian, japanese and English, the magazine in English and a weekly newspaper in the traditional mongolian script. MONTSAME is the only national-ranked news agency in Mongolia.
The agency has successfully been fulfilling its duty to get information from the first source, and its mission to bring world to Mongolia and Mongolia to the world.
The first media organization of Mongolia and one of the first information agencies in Asia – MONTSAME news agency has its correspondents in 21 provinces of Mongolia as well as in Moscow and Beijing, and have been providing genuine news about Mongolia in four foreign languages.
Moreover, the agency is a member of the Organization for Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), and exchanges news and articles with news agencies from different countries. To name those, Xinhua of China, TASS of Russia, Reuters from UK, Yonhap of South Korea and etc.
Under the motto “Bringing Mongolia to the World and the World to Mongolia”, MONTSAME is consistent in its efforts to expand its foreign relations, while keeping up with the rapid speed of information technology and to let the world know Mongolia better.

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