| The USA and Russia met in Ulaanbaatar The host side made the two-day program of the official visit of Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, which began yesterday in Mongolia, a real benefit for Russia. Despite the acute internal Mongolian political contradictions and harsh criticism from the opposition, official Ulaanbaatar, represented by the head of the Mongolian Foreign Ministry Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun and Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar, strongly emphasized the importance of Moscow's actual forgiveness of the Mongolian debt on Soviet loans in the name of deepening economic and political interaction between the two countries . A magnificent ceremony conferring the title of honorary doctor of the Mongolian State University on Igor Ivanov yesterday allowed the Russian minister to once again familiarize the Mongolian public with the Russian foreign policy concept.
The Mongolian side expressed its “multi-vector policy” in a unique way. To two “priority neighbors” - Russia and China - Ulaanbaatar added “third countries”, in particular the USA. Yesterday, Russians unexpectedly learned from the local press that just these days in Ulaanbaatar, the Minister of Defense of Mongolia and a former member of the Soviet space family, Mr. Zhugderdamidiin Gurragcha, is receiving a dear guest from America. The head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, Richard Myers, came to persuade the Mongols to increase the number of their auxiliary units in Iraq. So far there are 170 Mongols in Iraq.
Myers' visit to Mongolia comes as part of his tour of the Asia-Pacific region, during which he plans to visit China, Japan and Australia. Ulaanbaatar's priority partners from among the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (its largest members are Russia and China) will be able to find out what Mongolia's position on Iraq will be today. Mongolia, which actively demonstrates interest in this organization, especially in economic aspects, received an invitation to participate in the ceremony of the official opening of the SCO secretariat. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Mr. Erdenechuluun, already flew to Beijing yesterday evening for this purpose. Katerina LABETSKAYA, Ulaanbaatar |
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