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.


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