Ulaanbaatar
Cabinet extends closure of road and railroad checkpoints to passenger movement
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its regular meeting on May 5, the
Cabinet extended the closure of road and railroad checkpoints to passenger
movement until May 31. There are plans to reopen the air border in phases and
resume regular flights with countries that mutually accept certificates of
vaccination and negative COVID-19 test result.
Tsagaannuur and Borshoo checkpoints will operate normally to
let all types of products into the country. It was also decided to resume
international rail freight transport through Ereentsav border checkpoint from
May 10.
The Cabinet also allowed the State Emergency Commission to
reopen Altanbulag-Khiagt and Zamyn-Uud-Ereen road checkpoints to passenger
movement in phases after reaching agreements with Russia and China on mutual acceptance
of certificates of vaccination and negative COVID-19 test result and enable
fully vaccinated citizens to cross the border first. The commission was also
ordered to also process those who have reasonable excuses.
