Overview

• India and Mongolia signed 10 MoUs spanning digital transformation, geology and mineral resources, immigration, humanitarian aid, cooperatives, cultural projects and renovation of the Bogd Khan winter palace.
• India will provide free e-visas to Mongolian citizens to boost travel and people-to-people links.
• Security cooperation will deepen through a new training program for Mongolia’s border security forces and the posting of a resident Indian defence attaché in Ulaanbaatar.
• New Delhi reaffirmed support for the $1.7 billion Mongol Refinery, describing it as its largest development partnership project and targeting operations in 2028.
• Cultural and economic steps include sending relics of Buddha’s disciples to Mongolia in 2026, deputing a Sanskrit teacher, expediting manuscript digitisation and opening talks on uranium and other mineral supplies.