AKIPRESS.COM - Deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Joshua M. Rudd met with Mongolian Minister of Defense Sandag Byambatsogt at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii on February 4, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported.

The parties discussed defense ties, advancing shared interests and cooperation, military modernization, and expansion of peacekeeping operations.

The U.S. and Mongolia upgraded their bilateral relationship to a strategic partnership in 2019, and this year marks 38 years of the U.S.-Mongolian relationship rooted in shared values and mutual respect.