The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, L.Bold, received Ambassadors and chargй d”affaires  from the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council USA, China, France, United Kingdom and Russia on March 10th.

Minister L.Bold expressed that Mongolia appreciates the UN Security Council recognizing Mongolia`s nuclear-weapon-free status and Mongolia’s non contribution to any act that would violate it by signing parallel political declarations regarding Mongolia’s self-declared nuclear-weapon-free status in September 2012.

The General Assembly of the United Nations will discuss resolution 63/56: “Mongolia”s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status”, in order to issue a declaration relating to it during the autumn period.

Minister L.Bold presented a memorandum to the diplomats from the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council expressing Mongolia`s intent to add a specification to have Mongolia`s exclusive status approved in the declaration according to the idea of the declaration of the permanent members.

The Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) seemed reluctant to accept single-state nuclear-weapon-free zone (SS-NWFZ) as a concept, since they believed that this might set a precedent for other States to declare themselves as SS-NWFZ with all the additional international consequences. At the same time, the NWS recognized the legitimacy of Mongolia”s situation.

At the meeting Minister L.Bold also exchanged views on other international and regional issues.