US embassy cable - 02ULAANBAATAR877

UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 000877 
 
S/CT FOR REAP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, MG 
SUBJECT: MONGOLIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT 
 
REF: STATE 201772 
 
OUR RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO PARAGRAPH DESIGNATORS IN REFTEL: 
 
A) MONGOLIA CONTINUES ITS RHETORICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT 
OF THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM.  MONGOLIA 
IS WILLING TO SHARE INTELLIGENCE AND COOPERATE IN ANY OTHER 
WAY TO FIGHT TERRORISM.  MONGOLIA'S MINISTRIES HAVE BEEN 
SLOW IN WORKING WITH THE CENTRAL BANK TO DEVELOP THE 
REGULATIONS AND TOOLS NECESSARY TO ENSURE NO TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION CAN USE MONGOLIA'S FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND 
TO ADEQUATELY SCRUTINIZE INTERNATIONAL BANKING 
TRANSACTIONS. 
 
B) NOT APPLICABLE. 
 
C) NOT APPLICABLE. 
 
D) THE UNITED STATES AND MONGOLIA HAVE NOT SIGNED AN 
EXTRADITION TREATY. 
 
E) SEE A) ABOVE. 
 
F) SEE A) ABOVE.  MONGOLIA PARTICIPATED IN AN ARF COUNTER- 
TERRORISM WORKSHOP IN MARCH AND SUPPORTS U.S. COUNTER- 
TERRORISM EFFORTS IN THAT FORUM. 
 
G) THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA 
PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, TERRORISTS, 
OR TERRORIST GROUPS. 
 
H) THE GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA MADE NO PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN 
SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST SUPPORTING COUNTRY OR A TERRORISM 
ISSUE. 
 
I) THE GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME MORE AWARE OF TERRORISM AS A 
PROBLEM THAT COULD IMPACT MONGOLIA.  UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11, 
2001 MOST MONGOLIAN OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC DID NOT 
CONSIDER TERRORISM AN ISSUE OF CONCERN IN THIS RELATIVELY 
COHESIVE, HOMOGENEOUS SOCIETY.  THE GOVERNMENT GAINED A 
MORE URGENT PERCEPTION THAT MONGOLIA IS POTENTIALLY 
SUSCEPTIBLE TO INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM FOLLOWING THE 
HOSTAGE TAKING AT A THEATER IN MOSCOW EARLIER IN THE YEAR 
AND IS REVIEWING ITS FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL SECURITY TO 
DETERMINE WHERE THESE SYSTEMS NEED TO BE IMPROVED. 
 
J) NOT APPLICABLE. 
K) NOT APPLICABLE. 
L) NOT APPLICABLE. 
 
 
DINGER