Ulaanbaatar
Military registration begins in capital city
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ “The City Administration announced that 2017 will be designated as a year for reformation of legislation with citizen participation. Corresponding to this decision, Military Staff of the Mayor’s Office will be working towards raising public awareness on defense legislation and promoting its implementation this year”, said Chief of the Military Staff J.Boldbaatar to reporters on January 2 during a press briefing.
The press briefing was held to announce that the 2017 military enlistment registration would be taking place on January 4-20. Therefore, starting from today, all men aged 25 to 50 and women with military profession will start applying for the military registration in Ulaanbaatar.
Pursuant to Clause 34 of the Law on Military Service of Mongolia, ‘Procedure for the organization of military and technical registration’ of the General Staff of Mongolian Armed Forces and the 2016 ordinance No. 853 of Mayor of Ulaanbaatar, the registration for military aged personnel will be made at 152 Khoroos of the 9 districts of Ulaanbaatar.
“On September 1, 2016, a package of revised law on defense sector was adopted by Parliament, and this registration process is to run in compliance with the Law”, said J.Boldbaatar. The Law states that local administrative units will conduct a military registration every year. Military service is compulsory in Mongolia.
