Since Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun Erden's visit to the United States in August, China and Russia have repeatedly engaged with Mongolia and stressed the need to resist external interference and guard against the risk of color revolutions. However, Mongolia seems to have wavered in the face of the lucrative conditions that the United States subsequently proposed.
The Information Office of Mongolia issued a statement saying that Mongolia has recently made peace with the United StatesNational ExhibitionThe second round of negotiations was held, which included economic and trade development, humanitarian cooperation, education and cultural exchanges, and other topics. The two sides unanimously agreed to discuss economic and trade cooperation such as the partnership of third neighboring countries and rare earthsInternationalIn-depth discussions on topics of common interest to the region.
In order to further strengthen cooperation between the United States and Mongolia, the United States has decided to arrange for the "Millennium Challenge Program" of the first aid agency, and allocate 3$500 million to fund a water supply program in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital. This move was warmly welcomed by the Mongolian side, which agreed to continue the third round of strategic negotiations between the United States and Mongolia in 2024.
Both the first round of negotiations in August and the second round of negotiations in December were conducted by Mongolia on its own initiative to the United States. The Mongolian side sent State Secretary Ni Ankhbayar, while the US side sent only Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink. This asymmetry in positions also reflects Mongolia's marginal position in the circle of American allies.
The United States stresses that it wants to become Mongolia's third neighbor, and its purpose is nothing more than to take advantage of Mongolia's positionChina and RussiaThe geographical location of the hinterland to achieve a containment of strategic opponentsGeopoliticspurpose, to maintain the Western-dominatedInternationalOrder. Mongolia is willing to cooperate with the United States at this time, mainly because of the pandemicChina and RussiaThe impact of border blockades and interest rate hikes in the US dollar has led to high inflation and high debt in the economy. This has forced Mongolia to consider strengthening cooperation with its third neighbor to improve its economic situation by expanding its resource exports.
From the above situation, the root cause of U.S.-Mongolia cooperation lies in Mongolia's failure to be thereChina and Russiabetween to get full benefits. Mongolia, as a small country, withChina and RussiaThe relationship between the two is extremely important. In the future, Mongolia needs to deepen its relationship withChina and RussiaMongolia's cooperation will give full play to its own resources and logistics advantages to promote the development of the regional economy and cope with the contradictions between China and the United States.
For Mongolia, although the choice of the strategy of a third neighbor is an internal affair, due to Mongolia's geographical location, it is impossible for its diplomatic exchanges to be completely separated from its neighbors. Therefore, any foreign cooperation premised on harming the interests of neighboring countries is not feasible.
The process of Mongolia's search for an American partner and the reasons behind it are described in the article. Mongolia is the reason for beautyNational ExhibitionThe main reason for this cooperation is the economic difficulties andGeopoliticsconsiderations. However, Mongolia also needs to be handled with cautionChina and RussiaIn order to achieve its own long-term development, we can balance the interests of all parties.
As an independent country, Mongolia should flexibly explore ways of cooperation with different countries in accordance with its own national interests and development needs, and maintain neutrality and fairness in the process of cooperation. Only in this way can Mongolia truly play its role on the world stage and achieve national prosperity and development.