Second Annual U.S.-Mongolia Bilateral Consultations On Regional and Global Issues

VICE FOREIGN MINISTER TS. TSOLMON LED A DELEGATION FROM THE MONGOLIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO MEET WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS CHRISTOPHER R. HILL FEBRUARY 22-23 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES.

AMBASSADOR HILL HOSTED A LUNCHEON FOR THE DELEGATION, FOLLOWED BY AN INTERAGENCY DISCUSSION LED BY STATE DEPARTMENT SENIOR ADVISOR FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS, JAMES R. KEITH.

THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED INCREASING EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND MONGOLIA; THE STATUS OF MONGOLIA’S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT PROPOSAL, NORTHEAST ASIA SECURITY, AND REGIONAL AND GLOBAL COOPERATION AGAINST THE THREAT OF TERRORISM, THE SPREAD OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS. 

THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD EXPAND THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP, AS DECLARED IN THE JOINT PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS OF NOVEMBER 21, 2005 AND JULY 15, 2004.

THE DELEGATION ALSO MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION, AMBASSADOR ELLEN SAUERBREY.