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Mongolia

For most Mongolians, India is a “spiritual neighbour”, a declared ‘third neighbour’, a ‘strategic partner’ and centre for pilgrimage. Of late, 3 Ds Democracy, Dharma and Development Partnership have become pillars of India Mongolia relationship. India and Mongolia have interacted since antiquity through the vehicle of Buddhism throughout the history. Some Indian & Mongolian historians have conjectured about migration of some tribes from Kangra kingdom to Mongolian territory 4300 years ago.

 
 

For most Mongolians, India is a “spiritual neighbour”, a declared ‘third neighbour’, a ‘strategic partner’ and centre for pilgrimage. Of late, 3 Ds Democracy, Dharma and Development Partnership have become pillars of India Mongolia relationship. India and Mongolia have interacted since antiquity through the vehicle of Buddhism throughout the history. Some Indian & Mongolian historians have conjectured about migration of some tribes from Kangra kingdom to Mongolian territory 4300 years ago.

Cooperation to tackle the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic

Responding to request of the Mongolian government, India became the first country to gift 150,000 doses of made in India Covishield vaccine by Astra Zeneca in February 2021.

Development Cooperation (Grants/ Loans/ Assistance)

  • Humanitarian assistance worth USD 20,000 in the form of beds, bedrolls, toys, etc for the children of herders in Sukhbaatar Aimag (severely affected by harsh winter 'Zud') was provided.Humanitarian assistance worth USD 50,000 was provided by the Government of India to the flood affected Provinces (Bayan Ulgii, Arhangai and Huvsgul) of Mongolia in August 2018.A team of 17 Indian Rotarians doctors undertook the second medical mission to Mongolia in May 2019 and conducted about 300 surgeries and donated medical equipment/medicines worth USD 12,000. The first medical mission was undertaken by them in August 2017 when Indian doctors conducted neurosurgery, microsurgery, anaesthesiology, audiology, plastic surgery, etc. and trained the Mongolian doctors. Medical equipment approximately worth USD 30,000 was donated to various Mongolian hospitals.

Cooperation in Education/Scholarships/Capacity Building & Other Exchanges

  • In 2018, 25 officers of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mongolia were trained in India under ITEC. In September 2019, a MoU on cooperation in the field of Disaster Management and Disaster Risk Reduction was signed between NEMA, Mongolia and National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), India. Despite COVID, NEMA had forwarded an Action Plan to NDMA in March 2021 which is expected to be implemented upon return to normalcy.In 2020, despite Covid pandemic, India-Mongolia Health Cooperation Centre was established which is attempting to attract Mongolians for various treatments like liver, Ophthalmological treatment, cancer and heart ailments. Due to persistent efforts of Indian mission, a telemedicine centre was established in Mongolia where an Indian private hospital is offering online consultation followed by treatment in India, if needed. Indian super specialty hospitals have also engaged resident representatives in Ulaanbaatar to boost medial tourism to India.Mongolia has placed great importance to promote Digital and E-Governance concepts. The biggest push in this direction is USD 20 million Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre of Excellence in ICT. Its construction started in Aug 2021 and expected to be completed in 2023. Upon completion, this Centre would boost Indian IT Technology sector in Mongolia by providing local training in 16 specialized tailor made IT courses to over 1000 IT professionals in Mongolia besides generating about 850+ outsourcing jobs. In addition, Indian Ministry of Defence is in advanced stage of establishing a Cyber Security Training Centre in the Mongolian MOD which would give boost Indian cyber technology in Mongolia and might create a ripple effect. In July 2021, India made a formal offer on behalf of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) for technology transfer, Covid combat and management protocol, immunity booster medicines developed in India and digital platform for management with Mongolian Ministry of Health to promote made in India technologies.Since 2011-12, the number of ITEC slots for civilian training programme was increased to 150 per year and in May 2015, a further increase of 50 slots took ITEC scholarships for Mongolia to 200. Though the slots were reduced by 50 in 2017, effective FY 2019-20, 200 slots were approved including 40 slots for group training of Mongolian professionals/engineers/technicians for the Mongol Refinery being constructed under Indian LoC of USD 1.236 billion. Till Jan 2020, 183 out of allocated 200 slots were utilized. During pandemic impacted suspension of physical courses of ITEC, only 4 slots were utilized in 2020-2022 for online training of Mongolian Doctors at NCCD.The first solar energy electrification project from India was executed by the Central Electronics Ltd. and formally inaugurated in April 2006 in Dadal Soum cost of project is approx. USD 100,000. Training of Mongolian experts on solar energy has been organized in India.India has approved a solarification project for the Mongolian Foreign Office in 2018 costing about USD 0.5 million. Work is underway to obtain required approvals for the project