Mongolia and Belarus Approve Cooperation Roadmap for 2027–2029
U. Khurelsukh’s visit took place on 24–26 October at the invitation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and was the first state visit by a Mongolian head of state to Belarus. The overall roadmap covers political relations, trade and the economy, heavy and light industry, agriculture and forestry, science, education, sport, culture and tourism. The two sides agreed to step up business contacts and efforts to increase bilateral trade, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by Mongolia’s interim trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union.
Mongolia’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and Belarus’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food agreed on a separate agricultural roadmap for 2027–2029. It provides for expanding trade in agricultural products, exchanging information on export opportunities and using tariff preferences. Areas of work include resolving veterinary and quarantine issues, holding meetings of the joint working group, and organising sector-specific exhibitions, fairs and forums. The talks also addressed the use of Belarusian technologies in Mongolian agriculture. The two sides agreed to cooperate on preventing infectious animal diseases and, as part of the “Billion Trees” movement, on forest restoration and urban greening.
Mongolia’s agriculture ministry and the BELLEGPROM concern signed a memorandum on light industry. The document provides for establishing direct contacts between enterprises, supporting investment projects, exchanging information and organising business events, including seminars, forums, exhibitions and fairs. The two sides backed an initiative to produce new types of yarn, knitwear and finished products combining Mongolian wool and cashmere with Belarusian linen. This project was discussed as part of the national “White Gold” movement.
The General Customs Administration of Mongolia and the State Customs Committee of Belarus concluded an agreement providing for mutual recognition of authorised economic operator status. Its objectives include securing international supply chains, facilitating trade procedures and developing partnerships between customs authorities and businesses. The Mongolian National Accreditation Centre and the Belarusian State Centre for Accreditation signed a memorandum of cooperation. It provides for ensuring the equivalence of the two national systems, strengthening mutual trust and creating conditions for recognising results issued by accredited conformity assessment bodies.
At the Belarus–Mongolia Business Forum, Mongolia-based Minsk Belarusian Trade Centre LLC signed a memorandum with Babushkina Krynka OJSC. Agreements and memorandums concluded at the forum covered supplies of milk, dairy products and other food products, agricultural machinery, rail transport and brewing. Talyn Khishig Trans LLC signed a trade contract with Mogilev Carriage Works OJSC. Mongolia’s Agdealer LLC concluded dealership agreements with Amkodor OJSC and Gomselmash OJSC. Tulgasaikhan LLC and Santa Bremor LLC signed a supplementary agreement extending their existing contract.
Mongolia’s Vitafit LLC signed a memorandum with Belarus’s ABC company OJSC, as well as contracts with Belgospishcheprom OJSC, Gorodeya Sugar Refinery OJSC and Zhabinka Sugar Plant OJSC. Another memorandum was signed by the United Union of Builders of Mongolia and the Belarusian Union of Builders. At the interregional level, agreements were concluded between Bayankhongor Province and Gomel Region, and between Khentii Province and Mogilev Region. The first document covers economic, trade, scientific, technical, humanitarian and cultural ties. The second provides for cooperation in education and agriculture alongside trade, the economy, science, technology and culture.
Mongolia’s Ministry of Culture, Sport, Tourism and Youth and Belarus’s Ministry of Sport signed a sports agreement. It provides for exchanges of sports and sports medicine specialists, participation by athletes from both countries in international competitions, and joint training activities and national team training camps. Mongolian National Public Radio and Television and the Belarusian Television and Radio Company also concluded an agreement: they will develop television cooperation and introduce audiences to the history, social life and culture of the two countries.
