By Ankit Panda
Indian and Mongolia border forces recently discussed defense cooperation.
Late last week, India and Mongolia agreed to increase their cooperation on defense matters with India promising to help Mongolia increase its capabilities in the areas of special operations, cyber security, bomb disposal, and tactics. A Mongolian delegation traveled to New Delhi to meet Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The Mongolian delegation was lead by the Head of General Authority on Border Protection (GABP) of Mongolia, Brigadier General Lkhachinjav. The two countries further stated that they would increase cooperation to prevent transnational crime, according to reports in the Indian press. The Indian delegation included senior officials from the Indian Border Security Force (BSF).
Singh told the Mongolian delegation that the two countries ought to cooperate in the interest of increasing the ”effective prevention and detection” of terrorism and crimes including drug trafficking, smuggling, and illegal arms trading, according to the Business Standard. Singh emphasized the commonalities in the terrain where the Mongolian GABP and Indian BSF operate. Singh also noted that the two forces could conduct joint exercises in the future to increase operational, training, and technological exchange. No specific date was set for these exercises.
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