MONGOLIA AND US CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY

“The United States has been and remains proud to be Mongolia’s “third neighbor,” a phrase coined by U.S. Secretary of State James Baker during his historic 1990 visit to Mongolia”, remarked Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Jennifer Zimdahl Galt at the opening ceremony of an academic conference themed ‘A commitment towards a strategic partnership’ which is taking place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

January 27 marks the 30th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the United States, and the conference is the first of series of events that are taking place in commemoration of the anniversary.

Co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mongolian Diplomatic Academy, Institute of Strategic Studies of National Security Council, Institute of International relations of Mongolian Academy of Sciences and Defense Institute, the conference assembles over 100 foreign policy experts, scholars and ambassadors.

On January 27, 1987, US Secretary of State George Schultz and Mongolian Ambassador to the United Nations G.Nyamdoo signed a Memorandum of Understanding formally establishing diplomatic ties between Mongolia and the US.

“Our formal diplomatic partnership began 30 years ago today with the signing of a communique; a little more than a year later, the US opened its first Embassy in Mongolia and the first resident US Ambassador arrived in 1990”, Ambassador began as she opened a photography exhibition held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dedicated to the anniversary displaying the main achievements in bilateral relationship, contributing figures, major events and people-to-people relations between the countries.

Source:http://en.montsame.mn/society/8508