ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR MONGOLIA

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