ABOUT MONGOLIA-USA DEFENCE MEETING

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ Washington, the USA, has hosted recently the 8th Mongolia-USA Defence Ministries' high level consultative meeting.
At the gathering, which took place June 8-9, present were from the Mongolian side a vice-Minister of the Defencer Ministry, S.Baasankhuu, vice head of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces Brigadier-general, B.Bayarmagnai and other military officials, the U.S. side was represented by Derek J. Mitchell, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs and others.
The sides discussed the issues themed "Defence policy" and "Leading Board of the Defence sector reform".
S.Baasankhuu has asked the U.S. side to increase a help for Mongolia given for its deploying the troops to Afghanistan, to continue an assisitance given in organizing joint military field exercises in frames of the "Khaan Quest"--a symbol of the two Ministries cooperation, to involve Mongolia in the "Defence organization reform initiative" program which is run by the U.S Department of Defence. The U.S. side accepted these proposals and promised to focus on their realization.
At a meeting of the leading board of the Defence sector reform the sides supported key directions of cooperation, and agreed at first to increase military professional tranings, give a support to expanding the Mongolian "Tavan Tolgoi" military traning center into the regional one and to empower air forces.
The next meeting has been scheduled for 2011 in Mongolia.
D.Enkhbileg