NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MONGOL STUDIES TO BE FOUNDED

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A parliamentary session on Thursday decided to establish a National council for the Mongol studies under the jurisdiction of the PM. The session backed a draft of parliamentary resolution on further development of the Mongol studies that foresees establishment of a governmental institution responsible for the Mongol studies. A need to launch this institution has risen from recently increased incidents of misrepresentation and distortion of the Mongolian historic facts. In this regard, the Mongol Studies Support Fund will spend 800 million togrog, which is almost 18 times greater than the money spent for the Mongol Studies from the PM’s package in 2013. A third, or 250 million togrog of the funding planned, is projected to support overseas academic centers of the Mongol studies and the Mongolists there. The new agency for Mongol studies will employ nine persons, including a general secretary who is working in the Mongol Studies Support Fund. After the discussion the draft resolution was submitted to related Standing committee.