- History of the U.S. and Mongolia
Timeline
1944 U.S. Vice President Henry Wallace visits Mongolia
1988 The U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar officially opens, June 1988
1989 The Mongolian Embassy in Washington, D.C. officially opens, March 1989
1990 The first Deputy Prime Minister D. Byambasuren visits the United States for the first time
1990 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker visits Mongolia, August 1990
1991 P. Ochirbat becomes the first Mongolian President to visit the United States, January 1991
1991 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker visits Mongolia for a second time in July 1991
1991 The Peace Corps opens with a first cohort of 21 Peace Corps volunteers, July, 1991
1991 The U.S. Embassy moves to present location near Selbe River
1991 The first USAID program in Mongolia launches, December 1991
1995 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visits Mongolia
1996 President Clinton welcomes Mongolian President Ochirbat, November 1996
1998 U.S. State Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits Mongolia, May 1998
2004 The first American Corner opens in Ulaanbaatar
2004 President George W. Bush welcomes Mongolian President N. Bagabandi to the White House, July 2004
2005 U.S. Speaker of the House Hastert visits Mongolia, August 2005
2005 U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld visits Mongolia, October 2005
2005 President George Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice make the first presidential visit to Mongolia, November 2005.
2007 President N. Enkhbayar visits the United States and signs the first Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) with President George W. Bush at the White House, October 2007
2011 President Obama welcomes President Ts. Elbegdorj to the White House, June 2011
2011 Vice President Joe Biden visits Mongolia, August 2011
2012 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visits Mongolia, July 2012
2013 U.S. Senator McCain leads a Congressional Delegation to Mongolia, August 2013
2015 Vice President Biden meets with Mongolian Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg at the White House on the 25th anniversary of Mongolian democracy
2015 Secretary Kerry meets Mongolian Foreign Minister L.Purevsuren in Washington, D.C.
2016 The Leaders Advancing Democracy (LEAD) program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, inaugurates its first class of young leaders
2017 The United States and Mongolia celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations
2018 Prime Minister U. Khurelsukh visits Washington, D.C. and meets with Vice President Mike Pence
2018 Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Mongolian Prime Minister Khurelsukh sign a declaration for the $350 million Millennium Challenge Compact to expand Ulaanbaatar’s access to clean water
2019 The U.S. – Mongolia Year of Youth, jointly declared by the U.S. Secretary of State and the Mongolian Prime Minister, celebrates ties between our young people through civic, cultural, and educational programs
2019 The U.S. – Mongolia Strategic Partnership declared by President Trump and Mongolian President Kh. Battulga at the White House July 2019
2019 U.S. Secretary of Defense visits Mongolia on his first overseas tour August 2019
