Mongolian Defence Minister N.Enkbold has just participated in the VII Conference on International Security, which was held in Moscow on 4-5 April 2018. This year the Conference focused on the defeat of terrorists in Syria. A total of 30 defence ministers and 15 chiefs of staff participated in the conference.

Sergey Shoigu, Defence Minister of Russian Federation said, he is planning to visit Mongolia in September when he met Mr. N.Enkbold. The 62 year-old Russian minister has close links with Mongolia. He was born in neighbouring Tuva, which shares much in common with Mongolia. Sergey Shoigu is Russia’s longest serving minister: from 1991-2012 he was in charge of the country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, during which time he developed strong contacts with Mongolia’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).