The United States became Mongolia's 5th strategic partner, The Diplomat said with reference to the National Security Council Secretary of Mongolia Gansukh Amarjargal.
“The meeting between the two leaders, Battulga Khaltmaa and Donald J.
Trump has been in the spirit of the times. The 32 years of diplomatic
relations and the newly established strategic partnership between two
governments are expected to grow in a very positive direction,” he said.
Mongolian President Battulga Khaltmaa paid state visit to the United
States last week. 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.
The Declaration on the Strategic Partnership between the United
States and Mongolia is built on mutual understanding and a shared
pursuit of global and regional peace and security, protecting human
rights, freedom of speech, and national independence and territorial
integrity. The declaration acknowledges that U.S.-Mongolia ties “have
grown stronger and closer based on common strategic interests, shared
democratic values, good governance, principles of sovereignty, and
respect for human rights” and “that the United States of America and
Mongolia have a mutual interest in cooperating more closely to ensure
peace, security, and stability in the region.”
Two aspects of the declaration are critical in answering how the
United States and Mongolia will boost economic cooperation through
trade, investment, and development. First, the declaration calls for the
utilization of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
to help solve critical development challenges in Mongolia. In addition,
the strategic partnership ultimately aims to strengthen Mongolia’s
economic security by increasing the flow of foreign direct investment,
supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs), involving state-owned
enterprises, and further exploring emerging new markets such as
technology, science, and space exploration.
Moreover, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
report included Mongolia as one of the “democracies in Indo-Pacific,”
that are “reliable, capable, and natural partners of the United States.”
The report but also emphasized the burgeoning security relationship
based on Mongolia’s unswerving contribution to U.S.-led operations in
Afghanistan, and UN peacekeeping missions in Africa. Mongolia was
mentioned 17 times in the report, compared to 15 for New Zealand, 18 for
Singapore 18, and 31 for Taiwan. The state visit of the Mongolian
delegation has reinforced Mongolia’s status in the Indo-Pacific
Strategy.
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