President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa visited the Mongolia-Russia border in Khuvsgul aimag to review ongoing survey work. During this visit, officials unveiled a newly renovated marker at Mongolia’s northernmost point. This inspection highlights significant progress toward completing the second joint border survey.
Historically, the 3,543-kilometer Mongolia-Russia border underwent its first joint inspection between 1987 and 2001. Afterward, Mongolia’s State Great Khural ratified those results back in 2002. However, leaders later decided further verification would strengthen the border’s international legal standing.
Specifically, during his 2021 state visit to Russia, Khurelsukh and President Vladimir Putin agreed to reinspect the border. Following that agreement, both governments established a Joint Border Inspection Commission the same year. This commission subsequently began replacing damaged markers and inspecting shifting rivers and lakes.
Additionally, the commission works to determine ownership of newly formed or vanished islands entirely. Meanwhile, teams have restored cleared border strips and clarified confusing sections of the alignment. At its first meeting, commissioners agreed to replace 1,620 markers along the Mongolia-Russia border.
So far, workers have completed roughly 85 percent of this extensive border engineering project. According to Khurelsukh, reconfirming the Mongolia-Russia border represents a historically significant achievement for Mongolia. He emphasized that this work ensures an internationally recognized and legally undisputed state boundary.
Furthermore, Khurelsukh noted that completing this survey strengthens the broader partnership between both nations. He specifically highlighted how the project reinforces mutual trust and neighborly cooperation moving forward. Once finished, updated documentation will be registered officially with the United Nations.
The president also praised commission members, specialists and border guards working under difficult conditions. Harsh weather and challenging terrain have made this engineering work especially demanding throughout Khuvsgul. Nevertheless, Khurelsukh expressed confidence that teams would successfully complete the remaining Mongolia-Russia border work soon.
