100th Mongolia-Russia diplomatic anniversary to be marked next year
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At its regular meeting on September
9, the Cabinet put the Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of the 100th
Mongolia-Russia diplomatic anniversary celebration working group.
Year-round celebratory activities and events are planned in
political, economic, cultural, and humanitarian areas in honor of the 100th anniversary. For example, the anniversary celebration will include
publication of a book about the relationship between the two countries, reciprocal visits, ‘Mongolia-Russia initiative-2021’ and ‘Train of
Friendship’ series of events, academic conference, photo exhibition, and
documentary production.
Mongolia and Russia established diplomatic
relations by signing the Agreement on Establishment of friendly relations on
November 5, 1921 between the People’s Government of Mongolia and the Government
of the Soviet Russia. Russia has cooperated with Mongolia in developing livestock
and crop farming, industries, education, health care, and urban planning. It
also carried out major development works in the sectors of road, transport, and
energy with the establishment of Erdenet plant, Mongolsovtsvetmet, and
Ulaanbaatar Railway.