MONGOLIA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS ULAANBAATAR 002492 S/CT FOR REAP E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PTER MG SUBJECT: MONGOLIA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 286744 ¶1. WITH ONE EXCEPTION, POST HAS NO RELEVANT INFORMATION TO REPORT FOR THIS YEAR'S TERRORISM REPORT (REFTEL PARA 3). MONGOLIA HAS NEITHER EXPERIENCED, CONDONED, NOR ENCOURAGED TERRORISTS OR TERRORIST ACTS, WHETHER OF THE DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL VARIETY, DURING 1994. ¶2. IN REFERENCE TO PARA 3 C) REFTEL: IF A SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST WERE IDENTIFIED AND INTERCEPTED WITHIN THE MONGOLIA, EXTRADITION COULD/COULD BE PROBLEMATIC. MONGOLIA AT PRESENT REPORTEDLY ONLY RECOGNIZES AS VALID SEVERAL OF THE EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS SIGNED IN PAST DECADES WITH ITS THEN-COMECON PARTNERS IN EASTERN EUROPE. SINCE THE DEMOCRATIC CHANGES IN 1990, IT HAS CONCLUDED NO OTHER FORMAL EXTRADITION TREATIES, NEITHER WITH THE U. S. NOR WITH ANY OTHER MAJOR ALLY. ¶3. HAVING SAID THAT, THE MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT IS CLEARLY INTERESTED IN EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH INTERPOL AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING THAT OF THE UNITED STATES. JOHNSON