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MONGOLIA AND RUSSIA have long enjoyed traditionally friendly relations. Russia was the first state to officially recognize the independence of our country and establish diplomatic relations with Mongolia. Treaty on the Establishment of Friendly Relations Between Mongolia and the Russian Federation signed on November 5, 1921 not only laid the groundwork for official relations between the two countries, but also consolidated our independence. Being close neighbors, we shared both hardships in the years of trials and successes during peacetime. Mongolia's further close relations and cooperation with the Soviet Union were crucial for defending its independence and territorial integrity in 1939, recognizing Mongolia's sovereignty in 1945 by the leading world powers, as well as for the country's joining the United Nations in 1961 as its full member. It is those heartwarming traditions based on the sincere feelings of friendship and mutual attraction prevailing among the peoples of Mongolia and Russia that determine the development of our relations.
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