Mongolia ready to strengthen relationship with ‘third neighbour’

Bilateral co-operation is dominated currently by the developments in the mining sector, but Mongolia is interested in expanding its co-operation with Canada in agriculture, construction, and increasing people-to-people ties.

Mongolia and Canada enjoy a half-century-long relationship based on the shared values of democracy, human rights, and rule of law. Despite different political and economic systems, the countries share similarities, evidenced early on by the 1985 personal visit by the former prime minister Pierre Trudeau to Mongolia along with his three sons after he left politics. Photograph courtesy of the Mongolian Embassy

Opinion

BY BATTSETSEG BATMUNKH

November 10, 2021

Canada was the first North American nation to establish diplomatic relations with Mongolia on Nov. 30, 1973. International politics at that time was characterized by the Cold War, decolonization, enlargement of European communities, and the first oil shortage crisis. At the same time, it was a decad...

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