According to the latest news from Reuters, German officials announced that Germany and Mongolia will carry out closer strategic cooperation in mineral mining and many other aspects. Steinmeier, Germany, visited Mongolia after signing a bilateral relations agreement. Recently, Europe has become extremely active, and it has developed intense contacts with Mongolia. France** Macron made his first foreign visit to Mongolia in May this year, also to strengthen Mongolia's energy sovereignty and promote cooperation in the development and export of mineral resources. Poland**Duda went to Mongolia earlier than Macron for the same energy cooperation.
Indeed, Mongolia is rich in copper, gold, and rare earth resources, so it makes sense for European countries such as Germany and France to connect with it. Since the Russian-Ukrainian war, Europe has banned Russian oil imports, and Europe has to look for new merchants everywhere without Russia's cheap resources, so their relationship with Mongolia has become closer.
However, their goal is clearly more than just energy. Earlier, when Macron visited China, AFP quoted an unnamed French source as revealing that Mongolia is looking for a diversified way of cooperation in order to strengthen cooperation with China and Russia, while France wants to give Russia's neighbors more "choices". In addition, Mongolia called France a "third neighbor" in a joint statement. The same is true of this visit to Germany, which wants to send a signal to China and Russia that Germany intends to further intervene in Asian issues in the future. It is important to say that Mongolia has only two neighbors, China and Russia, so Mongolia wants to use the "third neighbor" to contain China and Russia (in the past, the United States), and now it is often used to refer to Western or international institutions. France and Germany both want their own energy supplies, and they also want China and Russia to get in the way, and Mongolia wants to use them to balance China and Russia.
If it's in other countries, it might be useful. The only thing that Mongolia can bring him substantial value to the outside world is China and Russia, and the others are chicken ribs, we are not afraid of Mongolia, as soon as the border is tightened, we can immediately destroy those anti-China factions, and play a diplomatic balance like them, is Mongolia doing this to support them? Mongolia is in such a position that no matter how much it tries to do diplomacy as a "third neighbor", it will be sandwiched between two great powers, or it will go on two legs at the same time. As for the rest, he couldn't afford it. China and Russia have always maintained a tacit attitude on this issue.
However, Russia has made mistakes on some important issues, such as the Power of Siberia No. 2, that is, Russia wants to pass this pipeline through Mongolia, and China has to enter through Xinjiang, so it will be blocked by other countries. Russia also has great selfish thoughts about Mongolia, but the facts will make both Russia and Mongolia calmer.