Estonia and Mongolia

Bilateral relations

Estonia's relations with Mongolia are good, but there is little activity due to the distance between the countries. There is room to intensify relations in all areas.

Mongolia recognized the Republic of Estonia on 29 August 1991. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 20 October 1991.

In November 2001, Mongolia accredited Dashdavaa Chuluundorj as its first Ambassador to Estonia who was followed by Tugalkhuu Baasansuren. Mongolia's present Ambassador to Estonia, Otgon Dambiinyam, presented his credentials to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in March 2009.

Visits

Economic relations

TRADE

In the first half of 2011, Mongolia was in 78th place among Estonia’s trade partners with 1.3 million euros’s worth of exported goods. There were no imports from Mongolia to Estonia. A majority of exports consisted of machinery and equipment. There are no reciprocal investments.

For more foreign trade data, see the Statistical Office of Estonia

Bilateral relations

In both the tenth and the current Estonian Riigikogu, there is an Estonia-Mongolia parliamentary group led by Mark Soosaar. In Mongolia’s parliament, State Great Khural, a Mongolia-Estonia parliamentary group has also been established.

On 30 June 2003, Estonia Radio and Mongolia Radio signed a co-operation framework agreement. The goal of this agreement is to introduce each other’s countries through radio.

Delegations from Mongolia have participated in many training sessions at the e-Governance Academy of Estonia (since 2004) in order to gather ideas about opportunities for using information technology. The Mongolian delegations have included government officials and representatives from media enterprises and intergovernmental organisations.

In June of 2011 a bilateral meeting took place between the foreign ministers of Estonia and Mongolia in Budapest, where they were participating in a meeting of the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) foreign ministers. Prior to that, in March 2011, the first consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries took place in Ulan Bator.

Cultural relations

In the fall of 2008 Pärnu New Art Museum displayed the exhibit organised by Mark Soosaar entitled “Perception and Utopia”, which featured Mongolian and Estonian artists whose works reflect a collision between their own culture and that of others. Mongolian artists Myagmariin Bayarmagnai, Bayanbatiin Chinbat, Yondonjunain Dalkh-Ochir, Ser-Odin Dolgor, and Togmidshiireviin Enkhbold participated in the exhibit.

In the Sumo World Championships held in Rakvere in October 2008, Mongolian sumo wrestler Naranbat Gankhuyag became the world champion in the men’s open-weight division.

From 20 January to 28 February 2001, Pärnu New Art Museum displayed Mark Soosaar's photographic exhibition "Death the Mongolian Way", where he presented the materials he had gathered during his Mongolian expedition. In 2000, Soosaar resided in Mongolia under the auspices of UNESCO teaching local anthropologists modern film art.

In earlier years, many leading Estonian writers visited Mongolia, for example Mihkel Mutt (Travels or Three times in Asia, not to speak of the rest: Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, England, Sweden, New Zealand) and Arvo Valton, who has written a comprehensive novel on the life of Genghis Khan (Journey to the Other End of Infinity).

Olev Remsu has written about Baron Robert (Roman Fyodorovich) von Ungern-Sternberg in his book "The Lieutenant General Robert-Roman Ungern-Sternberg" (1999). Baron is connected to both Estonia and Mongolia.

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