Promoting the U.S.-Mongolia aviation liberalization agreement

It is expected that the United States and Mongolia will soon sign an agreement that will allow civil aircraft between the two countries to fly freely. Some analysts say that the interests of Mongolia, which is searching for a way out of the conflict between its border countries China and Russia, and the US, which is trying to put pressure on China, match.

U.S. Vice President Ha Ri Su plans to sign an agreement on aviation liberalization (openskies) for the private sector in the near future with Mongolian Prime Minister Oyong Erdene, who is visiting the U.S. on the same day, Reuters reported anonymously on August 2nd (local time). quoting a senior U.S. official.

A landlocked country, Mongolia is surrounded by China to the south and Russia to the north. While Mongolia has approached friendly countries such as South Korea, the United States and Japan as part of its diplomatic strategy to strengthen its political independence, it has had to rely heavily on its neighbors China and Russia economically, Reuters said.

The national carrier, Mongolian Airlines, currently operates several routes to Europe and Asia, but none to the United States. "There may not be enough passenger demand to fly direct flights from Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, to the United States," Reuters said.