India and Mongolia hold the fourteenth Joint Working Group meeting on defence at Ulaanbaatar
16 October 2026
The fourteenth meeting of the India-Mongolia Joint Working Group on defence was held in Ulaanbaatar.
It was co-chaired by Joint Secretary Ishita Ganguli Tripathy of India's Ministry of Defence and Deputy State Secretary of Defence Brigadier General Gansukh E of Mongolia.
The two sides reviewed ongoing cooperation, assessed existing initiatives and exchanged views on regional and international developments.
Both welcomed the conclusion of Exercise Nomadic Elephant, the bilateral army exercise.
Mongolia acknowledged India's continued support for training and capacity building of its armed forces personnel.
The Indian delegation visited the National Defence University of Mongolia and reviewed the Cyber Security Training Centre set up with Indian assistance.
In plain words
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