Upgraded document on defense policy presented

Politics
en_khuder@montsame.mn
2015-11-05 15:24:53

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The parliamentary Standing committee on security and foreign policy and the Ministry of Defense Thursday called a press conference on the fundamentals of defense policy of Mongolia, which has been approved by parliament recently.

Adopted in 1998 Fundamentals of Military Policy of State had needed an amendment due to changes in foreign environments, politics and social-economy spheres, and legal reforms, for this reason parliament passed the President-initiated Fundamentals of Defense Policy of Mongolia, said N.Enkhbold MP.

With 32 clauses in four articles, the Fundamentals upgrade the legal basis of Mongolian defense and create legal chances to amend relevant laws on defense, "the defense policy has been based on the Constitution of Mongolia and on national fundamental interests reflected in the National Security Concept," he went onl.

Both domestic and external security environment will be the basis of determining goals, principles and directions of Mongolia's defense, he said.

One of the characteristics of the new document on defense is to make the defense policy more specific in social-economic directions in order to ensure a sustainable development of Mongolia and to strengthen the defense capability, added Ts.Tsolmon, the Minister of Defense.

The "Fundamentals of Defense Policy" has been formulated by taking into a consideration the domestic and world’s situations. It also designs new goals of our Armed Forces, said retired Lieutenant-General Ts.Dashzeveg, a researcher at the Institute of Defense Sciences.    

 

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