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Malaysia–Mongolia relations refers tobilateralforeign relations betweenMalaysia andMongolia. Neither country has a resident ambassador. Malaysia has an honorary consulate inUlaanbaatar,[1] and Mongolia honorary consulate inBangkok was accredited to Malaysia.[2]
Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on 8 September 1971.[3] Since 1994, several visits has been made by Mongolia with the formerPrime MinisterPuntsagiin Jasrai making a visit in 1994, the Foreign MinisterLuvsangiin Erdenechuluun in 2002, and another former Prime MinisterNambaryn Enkhbayar in 2003 during the13th NAM Summit. While the Malaysian visit is only by the former Foreign MinisterSyed Hamid Albar in 2003.[4]
Also an agreement on avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion has been signed since 1995.[5][6]
Mongolia has not presented any ambassador to Malaysia for seven years since 2006 due to themurder of a Mongolian citizen in the country, but later decided to appointing an ambassador in 2014 as it was necessary to providing requirements to many Mongolian students studying in the country.[7]
On 18 May 2018, Mongolian presidentKhaltmaagiin Battulga has urged new Malaysian Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad to reopen investigations into the murder of a Mongolian model. In his congratulatory message to Mahathir on his appointment as Malaysia's seventh prime minister, Battulga described the 2006 murder as a "grave crime".[8][9][10][11]
In July 2018, Malaysia’s ambassador to China who is concurrently accredited to Mongolia, Zainuddin Yahya, said Malaysia is working to revive bilateral ties with Mongolia.[12]