Mongolia invites Turks to visit their ancestral homeland

ANKARA

Mongolia’s setting and tourism minister mentioned his nation shares a typical historic background with Türkiye, including: “We invite the Turks to their ancestral lands.”

Bat-Erdene Bat-Ulzii spoke to Anadolu Company about relations between the 2 nations within the Turkish capital Ankara, the place he got here for the Türkiye-Mongolia Enterprise Discussion board.

Saying that his go to is necessary for strengthening bilateral ties, Bat-Ulzii underlined that they wish to improve the variety of flights between the 2 nations.

He added that his nation will work to begin direct flights from Türkiye to the area the place the monumental Orkhon inscriptions – the oldest-known Turkic writings, relationship again to the eighth century – are situated.

Some 2,600 folks from Türkiye visited to Mongolia in 2021, the minister famous, pointing to how the 2 nations share a typical historic previous, as revealed by archaeological excavations.

“Nearly everybody in Türkiye needs to go to Mongolia,” Bat-Ulzii mentioned, including that authorities ceaselessly maintain conferences to spice up touristic journeys between the 2 nations.

Munkhbat Jamiyan, deputy chairman of the Mongolia-Türkiye Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group, additionally mentioned: “Traditionally, our relationships are 1000’s of years outdated, not just some years. We’re pals, our historical past is widespread, and there’s a 30-year inter-parliamentary relationship.”

Diplomatic relations between the 2 nations have been established in 1969, and gained new momentum with the opening of reciprocal embassies in Ankara, Türkiye and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 1996-1997. Over 100 bilateral agreements have been signed to this point to strengthen the authorized foundation of bilateral cooperation.

In 2011, Mongolia honored Türkiye with “third neighbor” standing, together with the US, EU, Japan, South Korea, and India.

* Writing by Seda Sevencan in Istanbul

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