ULAANBAATAR, Sept 7:Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his statue here in the Mongolian capital. Singh’s visit to Mongolia from September 5 to 7 is the first-ever tour to the East Asian country by an Indian defence minister. “Paid tributes to Poojya Bapu in Ulaanbaatar,” Singh tweeted, sharing a photograph. On Tuesday, the first day of his engagements here, Singh held bilateral talks with his Mongolian counterpart Lt Gen Saikhanbayar Gursed and also called […]
Ulaanbaatar, Sep. 6 (PTI): Rajnath Singh, the first Indian defence minister to visit Mongolia, met the top leadership of this country here on Tuesday and decided to fully implement the bilateral strategic partnership based on mutual trust, common interests, shared values of democracy and the rule of law. Singh also inaugurated the Cyber Security Training Centre built with India’s assistance at the National Defence University in Ulaanbaatar and laid the foundation stone of the India-Mongolia Friendship School, to be constructed with Indian assistance. On the first day of engagements here, Singh held bilateral talks with his Mongolian counterpart Lt Gen Saikhanbayar Gursed and also called on President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh and Chairman of State Great Khural (Parliament) G Zandanshatar. Defence Minister Singh is on a five-day visit to Mongolia and Japan from Monday with an aim to expand India’s strategic and defence ties with the two countries in the backdrop of evolving regio