Have to wonder why #Mongolia govt officials attend Davos WEF meeting. In tumultuous world, is it worth the expense it surely incurs?
As for "events" in Davos, what is PM Zandanshatar doing joining ill-fated "Board of Peace". Hopefully he has not committed to a "initiation fee".
My attempt to summarize political, economic and pop culture events in #Mongolia in 2025.
Apparently, direct flights Toronto-Ulaanbaatar coming this summer on Air Transat!
Mongolian judge Erdenebalsuren Damdinsuren on list of ICC officials sanctioned by US for Netanyahu arrest warrant.
In recollecting 2008 stand-off w/ Russia over demand to take control of gas station network, frm 🇲🇳 PM S Bayar recounts that he pointed to parliamentary authority in rejecting demand.
[Slightly odd that diabolically-grinning photo with frm Pres Enkhbayar illustrates photo.
I have written abt this episode as instance of #Mongolia active resistance against 🇷🇺 .
https://mongoliafocus.com/2022/11/russia-threat-defiance-gasstations-example-2008/
A strategic partnership Italy-#Mongolia?
https://montsame.mn/mn/read/384663
No offense to the good people active in this bilateral relationship, but I come across 🇲🇳 -🇮🇹 links v rarely and only in an academic context.
This seems like a version of 🇲🇳 govt happy to sign agreements with all actors, but it makes the bilateral links where there is an actual relationship seem a bit silly.
Discussions abt deepening 🇨🇦-🇲🇳 cooperation b/w FM Battsetseg & Amb Doust, tho no details in press agency summary.
#Mongolia president U Khurelsukh to #UNGA :
"[L]et all Member States join hands in shared commitment to revitalize [UN] into powerful institution strong enough to usher in Pax Globalica - a lasting World Peace – by embodying ideals of 'Pax Mongolica', which laid foundation for peaceful coexistence among nations & human progress 8 centuries ago"
Lots of reporting in #Mongolia media abt visit of Pres Khurelsukh to Tajikistan, 1st-time presidential visit.
See e.g. montsame.mn/mn/read/374747
7-10k delegates expected for next year's (Aug 17-28) Conference of Parties (#COP17) under UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar. Meetings to be held at National Park
Preparations complete at Murun airport to receive 1st intl flight (from Cheongju) next week.
Wait! Maybe #Mongolia-#DPRK contacts have not faded as much as I thought...
North-South Korean espionage intrigue in Ulaanbaatar? Links to martial law in S Korea?
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10538131
So murky-seeming, I would have to suspect that B Khurts was involved.
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Imperial 🇯🇵 visit to #Mongolia reviewed by @minato920 and analyzed in context of Japanese public reactions.
https://mongoliafocus.com/2025/07/guest-post-japanese-emperor-empress/
Seems to me that #Mongolia-#DPRK relations much less active in recent years/since Kim Jong-Un has ascended.
Yet, Chrm Kim sends Naadam greetings, noting the 104th anniversary of the people's revolution.
https://montsame.mn/mn/read/374197
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#MGLfp @mongoliastudies
Example of many articles in #Mongolia press reviewing visit of 🇯🇵 Reiwa Emperor.
#Mongolia has reached target of diplomatic relations with all UN member states, originally established in 2010.
Last to be established: relations with Botswana.
https://montsame.mn/mn/read/373880
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Lots of coverage of visit of 🇯🇵 imperial couple in #Mongolia press.
Reiwa Emperor and Empress visiting #Mongolia this week.
Some photos of their arrival.
I imagine that tree-planting photos will come.
BRICS Lab at MIT shows status of countries considering participation in BRICS group.
#Mongolia listed as "debating".
Telmen A for East Asia Forum on draft 3-year trade deal b/w #Mongolia and Eurasian Economic Union.
"Still, the Mongolian government’s move to increase its trade volume with EAEU countries could be part of a greater discussion on regional cooperation beyond the 375 goods."
https://eastasiaforum.org/2025/06/28/mongolia-seeks-new-markets-in-eurasia/
