Mongolia prepares to hold elections amid coronavirus pandemic

In this picture taken on June 4, 2020, supporters hold a banner featuring candidates of the Mongolian People’s Party at a campaign event in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. (By AFP)

Mongolians will elect a new parliament Wednesday under the cloud of the coronavirus, with controversy over candidates flouting lockdown rules and thousands of people stranded overseas unable to vote.

Mongolia, a landlocked country of three million people wedged between China and Russia, has taken some of the world’s toughest and most enduring measures to contain the virus.

(Source: AFP) 


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