Press Releases: The State Department Hosts Mongolian Foreign Minister Tsogtbaatar Damdin

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Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

May 21, 2018


The below is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert:‎

Secretary Pompeo welcomed Foreign Minister Tsogtbaatar to the State Department on May 21. The Secretary greeted the Foreign Minister during his meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon, where the two sides affirmed their joint commitment to the U.S.-Mongolian partnership based on our shared values and common strategic interests. The two sides discussed cooperation on a range of regional and global issues, including North Korea. The U.S. and Mongolian sides also discussed the compact under development between the Government of Mongolia and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.