Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia, United States hold 15th annual bilateral consultations
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. The 15th consultation meeting and the first strategic dialogue between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and the U.S. State Department were held on August 24, 2022 in Ulaanbaatar.
The meeting was chaired by Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia N.Ankhbayar and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the U.S. State Department Daniel J. Kritenbrink.
At the meeting, the parties exchanged
views on a wide range of issues, such as further strengthening the strategic
partnership between Mongolia and the United States, deepening economic
cooperation, cooperating in the post-pandemic economic recovery, and organizing
high-level reciprocal visits.
The Mongolian side during the meeting presented the latest political, economic and social situation of the country, measures aimed at economic recovery, the long-term development policy ‘Vision-2050’ and the ‘New Revival Policy’, as well as the measures being taken by the government to attract foreign investors and restore their confidence.
Reaffirming that the relations
with the U.S. occupy an important position in Mongolia’s foreign policy as a
key third neighbor, the Mongolian side expressed its commitment to further
expanding and deepening cooperation in all fields.
In turn, the U.S. side reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Mongolia’s efforts to be stable, economically successful, and have a strong democratic system, while expressing readiness to cooperate in several areas. For instance, the parties are working to establish an Air Transport Agreement that will allow direct flights between Mongolia and the U.S. and ensure the implementation of the Water Compact Agreement.
Assistant Secretary of State Daniel J. Kritenbrink emphasized that the U.S. attaches great importance to the strategic partnership relations that are being developed with Mongolia, and emphasized that Mongolia-U.S. relations have successfully strengthened in all fields of cooperation in the past thirty years and that there are ample opportunities for further development.
Based on the results of the
meeting, a joint statement was issued and it was agreed to hold a Mongolia-U.S.-Japan
tripartite meeting, a regular Mongolia-U.S. consultative meeting on economic
policy, and a regular meeting of the Mongolia-U.S. intergovernmental trade and
investment committee in the near future.
This meeting was unique in
that it took place within the framework of the 35th anniversary of the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
