Mongolian President Not long ago visited China and returned to Mongolian . In less than a week, large-scale protests broke out in Mongolia. At the critical moment, China made its clear attitude and was willing to provide necessary assistance.
According to CCTV News , on November 28, Mongolian President Ukhna, his wife and several other diplomatic missions were invited to visit our country. This visit to the Mongolian President is a state-level visit. Our leaders attach great importance to this. All important leaders of the central government attended the greeting and expressed a warm welcome to the Mongolian President. The meeting between the two heads of state once again shows that the close cooperative relations between China and Mongolia have a positive impact on our country. Although Ukhna's visit to China ended successfully, less than a week after he returned to China, fierce protests broke out in Mongolia. In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of my country stated that if Mongolia needs it, we are willing to provide necessary assistance to Mongolia in accordance with the regulations.
Why should our country support Mongolia? What are the achievements of the Mongolian President’s visit to China this time?
According to reports, on the day of President Ukhna's visit, the main leaders of our country attended the welcome banquet together and fired a salute at Tiananmen Square to express a high-level welcome to his arrival. Then, the leaders of China and Mongolia held in-depth discussions and exchanges on bilateral relations and other key international and regional issues. In terms of planning for the future development of the two countries, the Mongolian President has signed some friendly cooperation agreements with our country.
It is understood that President Ukhna made it clear that Mongolia has decided to carry out comprehensive and all-round support and in-depth cooperation with my country in the fields of politics, regional affairs and economy, infrastructure construction, energy, etc. At the political level, the Mongolian President once again made a clear statement, firmly supporting our country's diplomatic principles on the one-China policy, and deeply and comprehensively expressed his respect and support for our country. The Mongolian President also expressed his approval for my country's global initiatives and related policies such as the Belt and Road Initiative. In addition, due to various factors, the recent economic situation in Mongolia has been turbulent, and many difficulties are faced in issues such as minerals, exchange rate . During the meeting, President Ukhna also expressed his hope to further strengthen cooperation with our country to achieve common economic development and win-win results between the two countries.
What is the significance of the Mongolian president’s visit to China?
Visits and meetings between leaders of China and Mongolia have always been one of the very important means of diplomacy in major countries. It is understood that President Mongolia accepted the invitation from his leader and came here specially, which to a certain extent is a signal of friendship and intimacy between the two countries. During the SCO summit, China and Mongolia had a leader meeting. Less than two months after the last meeting, the Mongolian president’s visit is self-evident.
What's more, President Mongolia has also discussed many friendly cooperation plans and agreements with our leaders, designing a beautiful blueprint for the future development of bilateral relations. Mongolia is geographically between China and Russia, and has always been a key target for Western countries, especially the United States. But this time Ukhna's visit to China is enough to express his position. Under such a special situation as global economy , Mongolia is more willing to join forces with our country to overcome difficulties and promote development together. It can be seen that a new round of diplomatic situation in our country has gradually begun to unfold. I believe that in the future, our country will be in a state of allies in the international community.
then. Why are there protests and riots in Mongolia?
According to the report from Observer.com , since December 4, Mongolian people have started protesting marches one after another. By the 6th, the parade gradually evolved into a large-scale riot. It is reported that thousands of Mongolian residents have started large-scale demonstrations and protests in the central square of the capital Ulaanbaatar. Mainly protesting the corruption of some government officials in the coal trade, they believe that these "borers steal the country's profits."
In fact, judging from the situation in Mongolia, although its energy resources are relatively abundant, it is a pure landlocked country, and its economy and transportation mainly depend on China and Russia.In recent years, with the continued COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, global economic consumption has shown a downward trend, which has made Mongolia, which is not wealthy, even worse. inflation in Mongolia soared rapidly, and the inflation rate has reached 15.2%. The lives of Mongolian citizens are in full crisis, but senior state officials are exposed to embezzling and stolen $1.8 billion in assets. It is conceivable how angry and unwilling the people should be. Therefore, protests and riots are inevitable.
In addition, some reports pointed out that the timing of this march happened just at the node of the China-Mongolia meeting, and it is not ruled out that some overseas forces deliberately incite. Moreover, China, Mongolia and Russia have just reached a cooperation plan for the construction of the "Siberian Power 2" natural gas pipeline, and the corruption problem of coal exports has been amplified, which will inevitably have a certain impact on future China-Mongolia energy trade cooperation. Although this idea has not been clearly confirmed yet, it is inevitable that those who are interested will not add fuel to this matter and deliberately undermine the energy trade relations between China and Mongolia. Therefore, this riot cannot be simply regarded as an internal march in Mongolia. We also need to pay close attention to the development of the march and promptly clarify the conspiracy of Western forces such as the United States and others to the parties, and we cannot be labeled as a "color revolution".
In what form will our country express support for Mongolia?
At the latest regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, my country's spokesman Mao Ning responded to reporters' questions about expressing support for Mongolia. She replied that as friendly neighbors, China and Mongolia generally do not easily interfere in other countries' affairs and believe that Mongolia can handle the issue of protesting the riots itself. However, if Mongolia makes a request to China, we will definitely provide necessary support and assistance to it in accordance with the rules. It has to be said that Mao Ning's answer not only demonstrates my country's proper respect and gentlemanly demeanor for other countries' internal affairs, but also shows that our country's enthusiasm and friendship with neighboring countries, and has a very good grasp of the standards.
If Mongolia wants to resolve the crisis of this parade, it must also look at this matter from its essence. First of all, we must punish corrupt elements with public grievances, and deal with the relevant persons in charge from top to bottom. We must carry out national anti-corruption and anti-corruption system reforms, and strengthen supervision and management of important officials. In addition, we should eliminate the incitement of riots by those who are interested, control public opinion, and conduct comprehensive and public reports on the incident. Anyone and matter who want to misinterpret or discredit this matter and make the situation worse should be clarified in time to avoid arousing imagination. Also, we must fundamentally strengthen the development of the country's economy and significantly improve people's lives. Mongolia should strengthen the domestic economic boost, eliminate a series of people's livelihood problems brought about by inflation as soon as possible, and ensure residents' living standards.
Of course, our country expressed its willingness to provide assistance, which naturally also included expressing support to Mongolia at the economic level. Through cross-border cooperation, we will jointly build a high-quality "Belt and Road" economic corridor between China and Mongolia. No matter what kind of help our country will provide to Mongolia, we sincerely hope that Mongolia can complete the stability of the national situation as soon as possible and restore the normal and orderly production and life of the country.
