Working Group Visits Paris to Repatriate Dinosaur Fossils
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Ulaanbaatar, April 21, 2026 /MONTSAME/. The Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth has been consistently implementing effective measures to protect the country’s cultural heritage and to bring back historically valuable artifacts that have been illegally taken abroad.
As part of this effort, a working
group led by Davaatseren B., Head of the Cultural Heritage Department of the
ministry, made an official visit to Paris, France, from April 14 to 17.
During the visit, the team focused on several key areas and achieved the following results:
- Inspection and Documentation of Fossils: The team conducted a detailed examination of dinosaur fossils that had been illegally taken out of Mongolia. They assessed their preservation conditions and completed professional documentation and registration.
- Diplomatic Cooperation: Meetings were held with officials from the Embassy of Mongolia in France to
discuss legal procedures and organizational matters related to officially
receiving and transporting the fossils back to Mongolia.
- Logistics Planning for Transportation: The working group met with representatives of Grospiron, a company specializing in international cultural heritage transport. Together, they developed a logistics plan to safely return the invaluable fossils to Mongolia in accordance with international standards.
This activity shows that the
Mongolian government and the Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth are
actively and consistently working at the international level to identify,
protect, and repatriate its cultural heritage worldwide, as well as to combat the
illegal trafficking of cultural property.
