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HARDtalk - Tsakhia Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia

Tim Franks interviews President of Mongolia, Tsakhia Elbegdorj. As a democracy with a healthy economy Mongolia's big challenge is its relationship with neighbours China and Russia.

Tsakhia Elbegdorj has one of the most attractive-sounding political jobs on the planet. He's president of a democratic country which is forecast to grow ten per cent a year for the next decade, sitting on a vast reserve of mineral riches that have barely been tapped. That country is Mongolia. And here's where things get more complicated. Mongolia is sandwiched between two huge, hungry and authoritarian neighbours - China and Russia. Can his country maintain its transformation from one of the world's poorest to perhaps one of its richest - while remaining stable, free and fair?

  • Broadcast on BBC News Channel, 12:30AM Wed, 26 Oct 2011
  • Available until 12:59AM Thu, 25 Oct 2012
  • First broadcast BBC News Channel, 4:30AM Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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  • Duration 30 minutes

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