Why in the news?

• India and Mongolia entered into 10 pacts, expanding the relations into strategic partnership.

Mongolia

• Location: It is a landlocked country in East Asia.
• Capital: Ulaanbaatar
• Border Countries: China and Russia
• Geography
  • Grasslands: Mongolian-Manchurian grassland
  • Desert: Gobi Desert
• Population: It is the world’s most sparsely populated sovereign state.
• Culture: Tibetan Buddhism