Earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Mongolia and held talks with Mongolian leaders. A few days ago, the Mongolian side revealed the content of the talks, saying that the United States intends to establish a military base on Mongolian territory.
According to the Russian Sputnik news agency, the Minister Counselor of Mongolia to Russia, Unubilgat said that Mongolia ruled out the possibility of the US military establishing a military base on its territory. There is no need to worry about the fact that Mongolia's constitution stipulates that no military bases of other countries will be established in its territory. The willingness of the United States and the West to involve Mongolia in the game against their partners is not feasible. He also mentioned that the Mongolian leader stressed during his talks with Blinken that Mongolia will not participate in any military alliance.
The United States has been seeking to expand its influence in Asia and is trying to counterbalance China and Russia by strengthening economic and security ties with other countries. As a country sandwiched between China and Russia, Mongolia will naturally attract the attention of the United States and Western countries, and if it creates an incident in Mongolia, it will have the greatest impact on China and Russia. The United States is trying to "reshape the Asian landscape" by strengthening ties with Mongolia, however, such actions will not change the economic and security landscape in the Asia-Pacific region, but may instead increase regional tensions.
The reason why Western countries are at loggerheads with Mongolia also has a lot to do with Mongolia's foreign policy. Mongolia has only two neighbors, China and Russia, but Mongolia does not think about how to develop with the help of the fast track of Sino-Russian cooperation, but instead pursues the so-called "third neighbor" strategy and has established relations with NATO. Mongolia's special geographical location can also gain a strong strategic advantage, once the Western forces gain a foothold in Mongolia, China and Russia must spend a lot of energy to guard against the threat in the Mongolian direction. As a result, Mongolia has become a very good springboard for NATO's eastward expansion strategy; not only have high-level European countries frequently visited Mongolia in the hope of buying Mongolian ore, but the United States has also dragged US troops to Mongolia to hold military exercises to show off their might on the side of China and Russia.
Fortunately, although Mongolia is ambitious, it has not yet been greedy to the point of dizziness, if the United States really allows the United States to establish a military base in Mongolia, judging from Russia's strategic vigilance, Mongolia's fate is estimated to be not much better than Ukraine, and because Mongolia only borders China and Russia, Western countries cannot send support materials. Therefore, Mongolia ultimately did not accept the request of the United States to establish a military base.
At present, Russia has no time to take care of the situation in the south, and the problems that arise in Mongolia can only be solved by China. According to the website of the Ministry of National Defense, according to the annual cooperation plan between the Chinese and Mongolian militaries and the consensus reached by the two sides, China and Mongolia will hold a nearly month-long joint training of the "steppe partner" army in Mongolia's East Gobi Province, which is also the first time that the two countries have held joint army training. It is reported that the Chinese side will send battalion-sized troops to Mongolia with various types of weapons and equipment, and the main content of the exercise will be "responding to the activities of illegal armed groups."
Whether it was the first joint army exercise or the content of the exercise, it was obviously a warning to Mongolia. By demonstrating military power enough to sweep away Mongolia, China is trying to make Mongolia realize the reality and not put false hopes on Western countries, and not try to introduce dangerous factors between China and Russia. As a sovereign country, Mongolia has the right to develop relations with other countries, but if the consequences will have an impact on the regional security situation, China and Russia have to pay attention to it.
The reason why Mongolia did not say anything about the US plans in Mongolia after a month may be that it wants to ask China and Russia for benefits. After all, the United States can help Mongolia militarily, but economically, Mongolia still needs China and Russia. Mongolia's move proves that it has not completely turned to the West, and China and Russia must not only deter it, but also provide some economic subsidies.