External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will embark on a two-day visit to Mongolia from 25th April of this month. This will be the first visit of EAM Swaraj to Mongolia.  The last visit of Indian External Affairs Minister to Mongolia was 42 years ago.

During her visit, Swaraj will co-chair the 6th round of India-Mongolia Joint Consultative Committee meeting. In IMJCC 2018 with Foreign Minister Tsogtbaatar, she is going to covering a range of issues including, inter alia, political, strategic, economic, educational and cultural ties. The last meeting of IMJCC was held in New Delhi in 2016.

Following her visit, the Minister will also deliver the keynote address at the Kushok Bakula Birth Centenary Celebrations in Ulaanbaatar to observe the birth anniversary of Late Venerable Kushok Bakula Rinpoche. Worth mentioning here Venerable Kushok Bakula Rinpoche is a highly revered Buddhist leader and monk from Ladakh, India and a former Ambassador of India to Mongolia.

Bakula Rinpoche was the longest serving Indian Ambassador to Mongolia, made the seminal contribution to the promotion of India-Mongolia ties.

Swaraj will also take a tour in Beijing on April 21 for a four-day visit. She will hold talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on April 22 to take forward attempts by both countries to reset ties which is strained by last year's 73-day Dokalam military standoff as well as a host of other issues.