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US Becomes Mongolia’s 5th Strategic Partner

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US Becomes Mongolia’s 5th Strategic Partner

During a state visit, Mongolia’s president emphasized increased cooperation with the United States.

US Becomes Mongolia’s 5th Strategic Partner
Credit: Twitter/ U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia

Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa paid state visit to the United States last week, aiming to bolster the two countries’ political and economic relations into a new strategic partnership. While this is Battulga’s first state visit to the United States, the two sides held a number of high-level diplomatic exchanges preparing the groundwork, including the September 2018 Roadmap for Expanded Economic Partnership, Mongolian National Security Council Secretary Gansukh Amarjargal’s visit to Washington in November 2018, and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton’s visit to Ulaanbaatar in June 2019. Each diplomatic engagement forged stronger and closer ties between the two governments.

Thus, on July 31, after the meeting between Battulga and U.S. President Donald J. Trump, the U.S. Department of State released the Declaration on the Strategic Partnership Between the United States and Mongolia. This declaration indicates Mongolia’s successful utilization of the third-neighbor policy and makes the United States the fifth country to ink a strategic partnership with Mongolia.

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