Ulaanbaatar
Protocol signed to amend agreement on border checkpoints
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister
of Foreign Affairs B.Battsetseg and Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian
Federation Vladimir Tokarev signed the Protocol on amendments to the August
10, 1994 Agreement between the Government of Mongolia and the Government of the
Russian Federation on Border Checkpoints and Relaxed Regime on the Mongolian-Russian Border on December 16, during Mongolian President
U.Khurelsukh’s visit to Russia.
With the establishment of the
protocol, the sides upgraded status of Borshoo-Khandgait and Khankh-Mond
checkpoints. Moreover, the sides agreed to remove 13 checkpoints, which have temporary
or seasonal operation, lack facilities for border inspection, not connected
to central electricity system, or had been inactive in recent years, and keep
16 checkpoints on the list of checkpoints.
The Government of Mongolia has
begun extending and upgrading the main checkpoints. As part of the efforts,
development works are underway at Altanbulag, Borshoo, and Sukhbaatar
checkpoints and Khankh, Tsagaannuur, and Ulikhan checkpoints have been included
in the Plan to Develop Some Border Checkpoints.
