Some French people awarded Mongolian state prizes
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ For significant contributions to the Mongolia-France relations and cooperation, some French citizens have been awarded state prizes of Mongolia on occasion of the 50th anniversary bilateral diplomatic relations.
A ceremony of granting the state prizes ran Thursday during the official visit of the Mongolian President Ts.Elbegdorj to France.
Pursuant to a decree of the President, the Polar Star Order went to Erik Masse, a member of the Rubruck cuty-based France-Mongolia friendship society, and to Negr Jacques, a hospital manager in Orleans city.
The “Friendship” medal went to others from the Rubruck city’s France-Mongolia Friendship Society, a NGO and cultural society.