Shards of Mongolia notes that former US Secretary of State James Baker has paid a visit to Mongolia's prime minister and minister of trade and industry on behalf of Ivanhoe Mines. Shards of Mongolia says that the government absolutely must resist this pressure.
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For more information on this issue as well as the press release from Ivanhoe containing the results see: http://mongolia.neweurasia.net/