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The Buryats, Kalmycks, Tuvans and other marginalised minorities have been used as cannon fodder (Photo: Wikimedia)

Squeezed between China and Russia, Mongolia backs Ukraine

As a democratically-elected president, I have a firm conviction in the cause of freedom, and in the power of the people, united as one, to defend it when under attack. This cause, and this faith, are now being tested on the blood-stained soil of Ukraine in a way we have not seen in many decades.

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its second year, the world's democracies must rally with even greater resolve to ensure that freedom is non-negotiable. The allied nations must give Ukraine the...

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Elbegdorj Tsakhia is the former prime minister and president of Mongolia, and a member of The Elders, a group of former global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela. Tsakhia is currently the Bernard and Susan Liautaud visiting fellow at Stanford University.

The Buryats, Kalmycks, Tuvans and other marginalised minorities have been used as cannon fodder (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Elbegdorj Tsakhia is the former prime minister and president of Mongolia, and a member of The Elders, a group of former global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela. Tsakhia is currently the Bernard and Susan Liautaud visiting fellow at Stanford University.

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