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 (Cold desert in the rain shadow regions of Himalayas)
  • Population: It is the world’s most sparsely populated sovereign state.
  • Culture: Tibetan Buddhism