Foreign relations of Mongolia
Mongolia has diplomatic relations with 188 states—187 UN states, the Holy See and the European Union. Of the states with limited recognition it has relations only with the State of Palestine.
It seeks neutral and cordial relations with many countries including in cultural and economic matters. It has a modest number of missions abroad.
Mongolia so far has no diplomatic relations with four UN states: Botswana, Swaziland, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Africa
| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| 1961-06-25 | ||
| 1976-02-10 | ||
| 1977-04-02 | ||
| none | ||
| 1985-10-25 | ||
| 2013-07-08 | ||
| 2015-04-13 | ||
| 1975-11-19 | ||
| 1970-06-18 | ||
| 2014-04-04 | ||
| 2011-12-05 | ||
| 1986-07-06 | ||
| 1975-02-04 | ||
| 2016-01-21 | ||
| 1963-04-02 | Diplomatic relations between Egypt and Mongolia were established in 1964. Cairo currently hosts Mongolia's only embassy on the African continent. In 2001, Mongolia sent policemen to Egypt to attend trainings sessions on anti-terrorism and the prevention of drug trafficking. Mongolian President Natsagiin Bagabandi and his wife Azadsurengiin Oyunbileg paid an official visit to Egypt in April 2004, during which he invited Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to pay him a return visit in Mongolia. Almost exactly one year later, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit visited Mongolia, during which he began the planning of mutual visits of the ministers of finance of the two countries. | |
| 2014-02-21 | ||
| 2013-06-24 | ||
| 1967-01-24 | ||
| 2014-09-15 | ||
| 1965-12-07 | ||
| 1960-04-22 | ||
| 1975-10-14 | ||
| 2012-03-22 | ||
| 1985-07-02 | ||
| 1976-04-23 | ||
| 1976-06-16 | Ties were established between the two nations when both had socialist governments. Mongolian delegates visited Libya in 1978, 1981, and 1986. | |
| 1979-05-11 | ||
| 2011-12-21 | ||
| 1961-01-25 | ||
| 1967-06-30 | ||
| 2014-07-04 | ||
| 1970-07-14 | ||
| 1975-09-27 | ||
| 1990-10-30 | ||
| 2016-05-02 | ||
| 1971-09-21 | ||
| 2013-11-26 | ||
| 1975-10-22 | ||
| 1985-12-12 | ||
| 1981-08-21 | ||
| 2013-09-27 | ||
| 1966-12-31 | ||
| 1971-02-28 | ||
| 1994-05-25 | ||
| 2011-12-20 | ||
| 1970-07-07 | ||
| 2018-11-24 | ||
| 1967-01-17 | ||
| 2011-12-22 | ||
| 2013-09-06 | ||
| 1977-02-15 | ||
| 2013-11-21 | ||
| 1978-10-02 | ||
| 1984-08-30 |
Americas
East Asia
South East Asia
South Asia
Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East
Europe
Mongolia seeks closer relations with countries in Europe and hopes to receive most-favoured-nation status from the European Union. During 1991, Mongolia signed investment promotion and protection agreements with Germany and France and an economic cooperation agreement with the United Kingdom. Germany continued former East German cooperative programs and also provided loans and aid.| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| 1949-05-24 | ||
| 2011-11-21 | ||
| 1992-02-11 | ||
| 1963-07-01 | ||
| 1992-01-24 | ||
| 1971-07-08 | The Benelux is represented in Mongolia through embassies in Beijing. Mongolia has an embassy in Brussels. | |
| 1993-02-24 | ||
| 1950-04-22 | Bulgaria has an embassy in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia has an embassy in Sofia. Diplomatic relations between the two counties were first initiated on 22 April 1950. Due to the similar ideological situation in both countries, their relations witnessed a steady development up until the 1990s. Bilateral relations somewhat deteriorated for the next ten years. From 2001, though, they get back to a more positive track with the current Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov making an official visit to Ulaanbaatar in the summer of 2007. Until the beginning of the 1990s Bulgaria was Mongolia's 3rd biggest trading partner. Agricultural products and light industry goods were the main exports. Due to the subsequent economical and political changes in both countries the volume of trade shrank considerably. The volume of trade between Bulgaria and Mongolia totaled $2 million for 2008, with the main exporter being Bulgaria. | |
| 1993-03-10 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on March 10, 1993. Croatia is represented in Mongolia through its embassy in Beijing. Mongolia has an honorary consulate in Zagreb. | |
| 1973-12-19 | Cyprus-Mongolia relations
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| 1993-01-01 | Diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Czechoslovakia commenced on 25 April 1950. In the 1980s, Czechoslovakia was Mongolia's second-largest trading partner, behind the Soviet Union. After the 1992 dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Mongolia reaffirmed its relations with the newly formed Czech Republic in 1993. However, in the 1990s, trade volumes declined sharply, though the Czech Republic still accounts for about 1% of Mongolia's imports. The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ulaanbaatar was formally reopened in 1999. As of 2005, annual bilateral trade between the two countries was valued at US$5 million. The Czech government has also been involved in various water supply development programs in Mongolia. | |
| 1968-08-05 |
| |
| 1991-11-20 | ||
| 1963-07-15 | ||
| 1965-04-27 | ||
| 1992-05-12 | ||
| 1974-01-31 | Mongolia established ties with the Federal Republic of Germany in 1974, with embassies in Ulaanbaatar and Berlin | |
| 1967-03-03 | Greece is represented in Mongolia through its embassy in Beijing. Mongolia is represented in Greece through its embassy in Sofia and an honorary consulate in Athens. | |
| 1992-04-04 | ||
| 1950-04-28 | Hungary has an embassy in Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia has an embassy in Budapest | |
| 1974-06-04 | ||
| 1998-12-22 | ||
| 1970-06-29 | ||
| none | Mongolia does not recognize Kosovo as a country. | |
| 1991-10-15 | ||
| 1998-03-18 | ||
| 1991-12-11 | ||
| 1976-07-11 | The Benelux is represented in Mongolia through embassies in Beijing. | |
| 1979-08-08 | ||
| 1992-01-30 | ||
| 2008-05-22 | ||
| 2007-02-01 | ||
| 1972-03-06 | The Benelux is represented in Mongolia through embassies in Beijing. Mongolia has an honorary consulate in Breda. | |
| 1995-06-27 | ||
| 1968-01-11 | ||
| 1950-04-14 | ||
| 1974-07-26 | ||
| 1950-04-29 | ||
| 2007-04-25 | ||
| 1977-07-05 | ||
| 1956-11-20 | ||
| 1993-01-01 | ||
| 1993-02-18 | ||
| 1964-06-30 | ||
| 1964-05-22 | ||
| 1969-06-24 |
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| 1992-01-21 | * Mongolia is represented in Ukraine through its embassy in Poland. An embassy previously existed in Kyiv but was closed and replaced with a consular department. | |
| 1963-01-23 | First Western nation to establish diplomatic ties. | |
| 1989-08-01 | ||
| none |
Oceania
International organisation participation
, ASEAN, ASEM, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, SCOMongolia did not join the UN until 1961 because of repeated threats to veto by the Republic of China, which considered Mongolia to be part of its territory.