Ulaanbaatar
Wreaths laid at Statue of State Seal
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the National Independence Day, state leaders laid wreaths at the Statue of State Seal.
Present at the ceremony were Ts.Elbegdorj, the President of Mongolia; M.Enkhbold, the Speaker of Parliament; J.Erdenebat, the Prime Minister; and other officials.
The statue of the State Seal of Mongolia was erected as a complementing part to the Chingis Khaan's monument and the State Honorary Ceremonial Hall at the garden behind of the State House.
The statue of the State Seal of Mongolia images a seal with a tiger-shaped handle and has on its four top sides the four different state seals belonging to the Great Mongol Empire, Bodg Khanate Mongolia, the People's Republic of Mongolia founded under the 1924 constitution, and the present Mongolia declared in the Constitution of 1992.
The base of the monument features 168 seals of all Mongolian tribes dating back to early times of the statehood of Mongolia.
