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US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has landed in Mongolia to push stronger military ties with the Central Asian nation strategically located between China and Russia.
Hagel was the first US defense secretary to visit the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator on Thursday since Donald Rumsfeld’s 2005 stopover in the landlocked nation that sits on vast quantities of untapped mineral wealth.
“As one of the world’s fastest growing economies, Mongolia has a growing stake in regional and global security,” the Pentagon chief said.
Hagel and his Mongolian counterpart Dashdemberel Bat-Erdene signed a “joint vision” statement between the two nations that calls for expanding military cooperation through joint training and assistance …. http://www.presstv.ir