On 4 November 2026, before the sessions of the JINR Governing Bodies in Ulaanbaatar, a meeting took place between Institute’s Director, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Grigory Trubnikov and Minister the Industry and Mineral Resources (MIMR), Chair of the Nuclear Energy Commission (NEC) of the Government of Mongolia Gongor Damdinnyam. The dialogue highlighted Mongolia‘s active long-term participation in JINR’s activities, dating back to its foundation, as well as the significant role of the Institute in the formation of scientific schools and laboratories and the training of specialists in this Member State.
Mongolia considers nuclear power one of the elements of the country’s future development, which requires efforts to train qualified personnel and promote the peaceful use of the atom. A promising approach is the implementation of joint research projects by the JINR laboratories and Mongolian scientific institutions as well as the use of JINR’s advanced infrastructure for studies in areas such as materials science, life sciences, ecology, and others. As a result of the meeting, the parties agreed to identify the most promising areas for expanding cooperation.
The meeting was attended by Ministry’s State Secretary Buriad Dashpurev, Head of the MIMR Mining Policy Department Gunchinsuren Namchinsuren, Head of the MIMR Contracts, Legal Issues, and Cooperation Department Tuulkhangai Ganbaatar, NEC Secretary Gun-Aajav Manlaijav, and Plenipotentiary of the Government of Mongolia to JINR Suren Davaa. The JINR delegation was represented by Institute’s Vice-Director Latchesar Kostov, Chief Scientific Secretary Sergey Nedelko, Head of the International Cooperation Department Otilia-Ana Culicov, University Centre Director Dmitry Kamanin, and Head of the Mongolian National Group at JINR Gurjav Ganbold.
Today, on 5 November, a meeting of the JINR Finance Committee took place in Ulaanbaatar, and National University of Mongolia (NUM) hosted the Mongolia–JINR Scientific Cooperation Seminar, where members of the Institute’s Directorate gave talks. They discussed the main areas of joint studies and presented the research infrastructure of the JINR laboratories and the human resources training programme. In turn, Mongolian professors introduced the JINR employees to the activities of the Institutes of Physics and Technology, Archaeology, Mathematics and Digital Technology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences as well as the NUM National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology.
