“When Mongolians and Americans meet, good things often happen,” U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia Jonathan Addleton told a reception attended by people representing a variety of businesses and non-profit organizations in an American city, He emphasized the importance of business relationships between the U.S. and Mongolia.

With large deposits of coal, copper and gold, Mongolia represents a promising growth market, and “some people say that over the next five or 10 years, Mongolia could rank among the fastest growing economies in the world”, Addleton said. Business links help ensure that the U.S.-Mongolian relationship remains strong. “In my view, long-term relationships do depend on the depth of the commercial relationships,” he said.