Ulan Bator, Mongolia, December 7, 1961.
On the afternoon of December 7, the new Cuban ambassador of Cuba in Mongolia, Jorge Ferrer RodrÃguez, handed over to the Deputy Foreign Minister of that country, His Excellency Mr. Munkhjin Batsumber, the Copies of the Credential Letters, which accredit him as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in that nation.
The ceremony, which took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was also attended, on the Mongolian side, by H.E. Mr. Anand Amgalan, new Director General of the America, Middle East and Africa Department, as well as other officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Both parties highlighted the happy coincidence of this act with the 61st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, which began on this same date in 1960.
They also expressed that their respective countries are honored by the fact that Cuba was the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to formalize diplomatic ties with Mongolia and it is the only nation in that region that has an Embassy in the Mongolian capital. while Havana hosts the only diplomatic mission of this Asian country in that region of the western hemisphere.
The Mongolian Deputy Foreign Minister recalled the visit to Cuba in 1972 of the then party leader and Mongolian president, Umjaagiin Tsedenbal, who was received by the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander in Chief, Fidel Castro Ruz.
When reviewing the state of the ties between the two countries, the two interlocutors recalled the existence of important bilateral agreements and mechanisms and agreed to qualify the relations as friendly and the cooperation as fruitful in various areas, among which they highlighted the training of more than 100 Mongolian professionals in Cuban universities for several decades.
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs wished the new Cuban Ambassador success and expressed his willingness and that of the Foreign Ministry to support the performance of his duties in the country.
Embassy of Cuba in Mongolia
