German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is visiting Mongolia on the 50th anniversary of the setting up of diplomatic relations between Berlin and the steppe nation.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender landed in Mongolia on Wednesday. During their two-day state visit, they will be accompanied by a delegation of cultural representatives. Germany and Mongolia intend to seal a strategic partnership on Wednesday. The occasion for the trip is also the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Germany and the East Asian country. Germany's president also wants to send a geopolitical signal with his trip
Representatives of Germany and Mongolia signed an agreement on a strategic partnership in the presence of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar on Wednesday. "Mongolia and Germany have really long-standing and very friendly relations," said Steinmeier during his state visit. With the strategic partnership, Germany is now one of Mongolia's closest partners, he added. Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh said that Germany was the first country in Europe