Mongolian PM to make 4-day visit to Japan from Sun. for talks with Takaichi

Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. (Mainichi)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Mongolian Prime Minister Nyam-Osor Uchral will visit Japan for four days from Sunday to meet with his counterpart Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese government said.

Uchral’s visit is expected to further strengthen the “special strategic partnership for peace and prosperity” between Japan and Mongolia, an “important regional partner” sharing the values and principles of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law, the government said Friday in a press release.

According to a government source, Takaichi and Uchral are likely to exchange views on a proposed conclusion of a tax treaty and an expansion of the Chinggis Khaan International Airport through yen-loan assistance during their meeting, which was arranged on Tuesday.

Japan has been boosting relations with Mongolia, a landlocked nation sandwiched between China and Russia, amid Beijing’s growing military clout in the Indo-Pacific region and Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine since 2022.

Mongolia has also served as a mediator over the issue of Japanese abductees taken by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s as Ulaanbaatar maintains a friendly relationship with Pyongyang, which has no diplomatic ties with Tokyo.