Mongolian Minister of Defense visits U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class John Bellino | U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Jay M. Bargeron, director of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J5 Strategic Planning and Policy directorate, holds a roundtable discussion with Mongolian Minister of Defense Sandag Byambatsogt at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii, Feb. 4, 2025. The visit aimed to build upon 38 years of the U.S.-Mongolian partnership rooted in shared values and mutual respect. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Bellino)  

AIEA, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

02.04.2025

Story by Petty Officer 1st Class John Bellino 

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command         

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosts Mongolian Minister of Defense Sandag Byambatsogt at USINDOPACOM headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii, Feb. 4, 2025.

Topics of discussion included defense ties, advancing shared interests and cooperation, military modernization, and expansion of peacekeeping operations.

The U.S. and Mongolia upgraded their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership in 2019, and this year marks 38 years of the U.S.-Mongolian relationship rooted in shared values and mutual respect.

USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win.

• Date Taken: 02.04.2025
• Date Posted: 02.05.2025 17:27
• Story ID: 490199
• Location: AIEA, HAWAII, US