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00ULAANBAATAR1422
2000-11-28 03:56:00
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Embassy Ulaanbaatar
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UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 001422
STATE FOR S/CT FOR REAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
REF: STATE 217248
POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO
REFTEL REQUEST:
A) THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC
TERRORISM IN MONGOLIA DURING 2000.
B) THERE WERE NO CASES OF EXTRADITION OR REQUESTS FOR
EXTRADITION IN TERRORIST CASES.
C) N/A
D) N/A
E) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2000, PARLIAMENT APPROVED THE GOM
DECISION TO BECOME A PARTY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS.
F) THE GOM DOES NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM,
TERRORISTS OR TERRORIST GROUPS.
G) THE GOM HAS NOT/NOT MADE STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT OF A
TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE.
H) THE GOM IS GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THESE ISSUES
AND HOPES TO WORK COOPERATIVELY IN THE REGION TO PREVENT
GROWTH OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, INCLUDING TERRORISM.
BECAUSE OF ITS LONG AND RATHER POROUS BORDERS WITH RUSSIA
AND CHINA, THE GOM IS AWARE OF ITS VULNERABILITY TO
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME. POST ENGAGES THE GOM IN DISCUSSION OF
SUCH ISSUES FREQUENTLY.
I) IN JULY 2000 THE AMBASSADOR PARTICIPATED IN A COLLECTIVE
G-8 DEMARCHE TO URGE GOM ACCESSION TO THE 1997 CONVENTION
ON THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS AND THE 1999
FINANCING OF TERRORISM CONVENTION. IN FEBRUARY 1999 FBI
HONOLULU SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE MYRON FULLER CONDUCTED
ANTI-TERRORISM TRAINING WITH THE BORDER TROOPS, CIVIL
AVIATION AUTHORITY, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND GENERAL
POLICE DEPARTMENT. SINCE THEN POST HAS MAINTAINED AN
ACTIVE EXCHANGE WITH THE GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND
POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE THE INFORMATION WOULD IMPACT ON
MISSION SECURITY. WHERE POSSIBLE AND APPROPRIATE, THE RSO
ARRANGES TO INCLUDE GOM OFFICIALS OR AGENCIES IN MEETINGS
AND TRAINING DEALING WITH COUNTER-TERRORISM.
J) N/A
K) POST HAS SOUGHT COOPERATION FROM THE GOM FOR ADDITIONAL
SECURITY FOR THE EMBASSY COMPOUND IN SEVERAL CASES WHEN
POST BELIEVED THE SPECIFIC THREAT LEVEL HAD INCREASED. AT
SUCH TIMES, THE GOM WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE MISSION, AND
POST EXPECTS THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IN
THE FUTURE.
DINGER
STATE FOR S/CT FOR REAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER MG
SUBJECT: MONGOLIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
REF: STATE 217248
POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO
REFTEL REQUEST:
A) THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC
TERRORISM IN MONGOLIA DURING 2000.
B) THERE WERE NO CASES OF EXTRADITION OR REQUESTS FOR
EXTRADITION IN TERRORIST CASES.
C) N/A
D) N/A
E) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2000, PARLIAMENT APPROVED THE GOM
DECISION TO BECOME A PARTY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS.
F) THE GOM DOES NOT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM,
TERRORISTS OR TERRORIST GROUPS.
G) THE GOM HAS NOT/NOT MADE STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT OF A
TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE.
H) THE GOM IS GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THESE ISSUES
AND HOPES TO WORK COOPERATIVELY IN THE REGION TO PREVENT
GROWTH OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, INCLUDING TERRORISM.
BECAUSE OF ITS LONG AND RATHER POROUS BORDERS WITH RUSSIA
AND CHINA, THE GOM IS AWARE OF ITS VULNERABILITY TO
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME. POST ENGAGES THE GOM IN DISCUSSION OF
SUCH ISSUES FREQUENTLY.
I) IN JULY 2000 THE AMBASSADOR PARTICIPATED IN A COLLECTIVE
G-8 DEMARCHE TO URGE GOM ACCESSION TO THE 1997 CONVENTION
ON THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS AND THE 1999
FINANCING OF TERRORISM CONVENTION. IN FEBRUARY 1999 FBI
HONOLULU SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE MYRON FULLER CONDUCTED
ANTI-TERRORISM TRAINING WITH THE BORDER TROOPS, CIVIL
AVIATION AUTHORITY, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND GENERAL
POLICE DEPARTMENT. SINCE THEN POST HAS MAINTAINED AN
ACTIVE EXCHANGE WITH THE GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND
POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE THE INFORMATION WOULD IMPACT ON
MISSION SECURITY. WHERE POSSIBLE AND APPROPRIATE, THE RSO
ARRANGES TO INCLUDE GOM OFFICIALS OR AGENCIES IN MEETINGS
AND TRAINING DEALING WITH COUNTER-TERRORISM.
J) N/A
K) POST HAS SOUGHT COOPERATION FROM THE GOM FOR ADDITIONAL
SECURITY FOR THE EMBASSY COMPOUND IN SEVERAL CASES WHEN
POST BELIEVED THE SPECIFIC THREAT LEVEL HAD INCREASED. AT
SUCH TIMES, THE GOM WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE MISSION, AND
POST EXPECTS THAT SUCH ASSISTANCE WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IN
THE FUTURE.
DINGER