US embassy cable - 92ULAANBAATAR3683

UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 003683 
 
 
E.O.12356: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, MG 
SUBJECT: ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR MONGOLIA 
 
REF: STATE 338430 
 
1. FOLLOWING ANSWERS ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN 
REFTEL, PARA FIVE. 
 
2. A) MONGOLIA HAS EXPERIENCED NO REPORTED ACTS OF 
DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY PROSECUTION 
OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 
 
B) EMBASSY IS UNAWARE OF ANY EXTRADITIONS FROM MONGOLIA 
OR REQUESTS FOR EXTRADITION TO MONGOLIA FOR TERRORIST 
OFFENSES. 
 
C) MONGOLIA HAS EXPERIENCED NO TERRORIST ACTS IN ITS 
RECENT HISTORY. THERE DO NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY SIGNIFICANT 
IMPAIRMENTS TO EFFECTIVE MONGOLIAN PROSECUTION OF ACCUSED 
TERRORISTS.  HOWEVER, MONGOLIA HAS EXTRADITION TREATIES 
WITH ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, MOSTLY FORMER 
EUROPEAN COMMUNIST STATES.  IN SOME CASES, THE GOM 
CONSIDERS THAT THESE TREATIES HAVE LAPSED WITH THE CHANGE 
IN GOVERNMENT IN THE OTHER SIGNATORY STATE BUT IS SEEKING 
TO RENEW THEM. 
 
D) MONGOLIA HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OR 
PROSECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST CASES.  THE GOM 
CONDEMNS TERRORISM IN ALL ITS FORMS AND HAS PUBLICLY 
DENOUNCED MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS. 
 
E) EMBASSY IS UNAWARE OF ANY MONGOLIAN COUNTERTERRORISM 
ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN 1992. 
 
F) THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT 
SUPPORT FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OF ANY KIND.  CHINESE 
SOURCES HAVE CRITICIZED THE ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF 
PRIVATE MONGOLIAN CITIZENS AND GROUPS IN SUPPORT OF INNER 
MONGOLIAN EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE FROM CHINESE 
RULE. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT MONGOLIA HAS 
SERVED AS A BASE FOR ANY VIOLENT ACTS AGAINST CHINESE 
RULE. 
 
G. MONGOLIA MAINTAINS EMBASSIES IN NORTH KOREA AND CUBA; 
BOTH OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE EMBASSIES IN ULAANBAATAR. 
DURING 1992, THE GOM PERIODICALLY EXCHANGED 
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES ON NATIONAL OCCASIONS WITH BOTH 
REGIMES BUT DID NOT EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE POLICIES OR 
POSITIONS OF EITHER GOVERNMENT. MONGOLIA HAS DIPLOMATIC 
RELATIONS WITH SYRIA, IRAN, IRAQ AND LIBYA BUT MAINTAINS 
NO RESIDENT EMBASSIES IN THOSE COUNTRIES NOR ARE THEY 
REPRESENTED IN MONGOLIA. MONGOLIA HAS NOT EXPRESSED 
SUPPORT FOR THE POLICIES OF ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES. 
 
H. NO CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE.  IT REMAINS FIRMLY 
OPPOSED TO TERRORISM FOR ANY PURPOSE AND IN ANY FORM. 
 
I. MONGOLIA HAS NEVER MAINTAINED A DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN 
LIBYA NOR HAVE LIBYAN DIPLOMATS VISITED MONGOLIA IN 1992. 
 
 
LAKE