During her visit to the United States of America, Minister of Foreign Affairs Battsetseg Batmunkh met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on February 5, 2026.

During the meeting, the two parties expressed their intention to reaffirm the Strategic Third Neighbor Partnership between Mongolia and the U.S. and deepen bilateral political trust.

Within this framework, the two sides stated their commitment to increasing the frequency of mutual high-level visits, strengthening the ties between the peoples of the two countries, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in the trade, economy, mining, energy, communications, and artificial intelligence sectors, and achieving tangible results.

In Mongolian-US relations, both sides noted that the second Compact agreement, being implemented in cooperation with the Millennium Challenge Corporation and aimed at increasing Ulaanbaatar’s water supply by 80 percent, holds a particularly important place. They also exchanged views on the successful implementation of the project, which is set to conclude in March of this year, and discussed the possibility of launching new projects and programs in other strategically important sectors of Mongolia in the future.

Published Date:2026-02-13