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Mongolia, is a landlocked country in East Asia. It is sandwiched between Russia to the north and China to the south, where it neighbours the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Mongolia does not border Kazakhstan, although they are separated by only 37 kilometres. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres, with a population of just 3.3 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign nation. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population.
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.
China is one of the charter members of the United Nations and is one of five permanent members of its Security Council.
Bayan-Ölgii is the westernmost of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. The country's only Muslim and Kazakh-majority aimag, it was established in August 1940. Its capital is Ölgii.
An apostolic nunciature is a top-level diplomatic mission of the Holy See, equivalent to an embassy. However, it does not issue visas, nor does it have consulates.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is a Mongolian politician who served as President of Mongolia from 2009 to 2017. He previously served as Prime Minister in 1998 and again from 2004 to 2006.
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The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, known unofficially as the Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, is the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations.
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The Republic of China did not recognize Mongolia until 1945; neither country exchanged diplomats between 1946 and 1949. At the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, Mongolia recognized the People's Republic of China. In 2002, Taiwan (ROC) recognized Mongolia as an independent country, and informal relations were established between the two sides.
Mongolia–United States relations are bilateral relations between the United States and Mongolia.
Kang Sukhee is an American Democratic Party politician from Orange County, California. From 2008 to 2012, Kang served as Mayor of Irvine, California, the first Korean American to serve as mayor of a major American city. On 6 July 2011, he announced his candidacy for the United States Congress, but lost the election to incumbent John Campbell. On April 2015, Sukhee Kang announced he would run for California's 29th State Senate district outside of Irvine. Kang lost the primary with 26.8% of the vote in the top two primary system.
All visitors to Mongolia require a visa unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or countries that can obtain a visa on arrival.
Nomin talst was a Mongolian boy band who was originally made up of D. Batsükh /also known as "Sükhee" Монгол: Сүхээ/, A. Khayankhyarwaa /also known as "Khayanaa" Монгол: Хаянаа/, T.Delgermörön /also known as "Deegii" Монгол: Дээгий/ and T.Khangerel /also known as "Khaazaa" Монгол: Хаазаа/. The group's name is a combination of the names "Nomin" and "Talst". In 2000, Nomin talst released their album, Gerel suuder /features the title track "Gerel süüder"/. Nomin talst performed a final concert at the "UB Palace" in Ulaanbaatar on 27, 28 November 2007. Khayanaa joined the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) in 2004.
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Sven Jürgenson is an Estonian diplomat. He has served as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York of Estonia since 2015, and also held the position from 1998 to 2000. During the term 2016 he is also President of the UNICEF Executive Board at the international level. He served as Ambassador to the United States from 2000 to 2003 and as Ambassador to France from 2010 to 2015.
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