Both countries can operate direct flights based on the bilateral aviation agreement but no proposal yet for such a flight, U Ye Htut Aung, deputy director general of Department of Aviation told The Myanmar Times on October 20. 

“They can fly directly from and to Myanmar and Mongolia if any airlines are interested. But we haven’t received any proposal yet for direct flight between the two countries,” he said. 

According to the Freedom of Air Agreement between Myanmar and Mongolia, airlines can stop over in Myanmar and continue their journey to other destinations, for instance to Singapore or Malaysia, he said. 

Myanmar has signed aviation agreements with 48 countries.

The Ministry of Finance and Planning said, trade volume between both nations remained small and during the 2015-2016 fiscal year the value was only more than US$360,000.

“Mongolia is not a big country to deal with Myanmar in terms of foreign trade. We used to export garments to Mongolia and Mongolia imported whipping cream. The amount of trade volume is not much difference between us,” U Khin Maung Lwin, assistant permanent secretary of Ministry of Finance and Planning said.

Bilateral trade was about $40,000 in 2016-17 fiscal years and Myanmar exported $12,000 worth of goods until October in this fiscal year.