Embassy of Mongolia in Canberra
Embassy in Australia

Mongolia's embassy in Canberra, the Commonwealth of Australia, concurrently accredited to New Zealand. Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list records the post at 23 Culgoa Circuit, O'Malley, Canberra ACT 2606, with D.Davaasuren as chief of mission (Consul.mn, diplomatic missions abroad list, dated 1 September 2024). Reporting in full gives the holder as Davaasuren Damdinsuren, Ambassador of Mongolia to Australia since November 2021, a career diplomat who was previously Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington DC, and State Secretary and Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Australian National University, ANU Mongolia Institute Panel). He presented his credentials as non-resident ambassador to New Zealand to Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro on 30 June 2022 (Embassy of Mongolia in Canberra).

Australia and Mongolia established diplomatic relations on 15 September 1972 and celebrated the 50th anniversary in 2022. Mongolia opened an embassy in Canberra in 2008, and Australia opened an embassy in Ulaanbaatar in December 2015 (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mongolia country brief; Embassy of Australia in Mongolia, Diplomatic Relations).

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Damdinsuren Davaasuren
Ambassador in Canberra - named as D.Davaasuren, chief of mission, in Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list (Consul.mn, dated 1 September 2024), and in full as Davaasuren Damdinsuren, Ambassador of Mongolia to Australia since November 2021 (Australian National University, ANU Mongolia Institute Panel); his profile records Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Australia from 2021 and concurrently to New Zealand from 2022
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Mission listing - DOCUMENTED
Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list records the Embassy of Mongolia to the Commonwealth of Australia in Canberra, with D.Davaasuren as chief of mission, at 23 Culgoa Circuit, O'Malley, Canberra ACT 2606 (Consul.mn, diplomatic missions abroad list, dated 1 September 2024).
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Concurrent accreditation to New Zealand - DOCUMENTED
The list of diplomatic missions of Mongolia records the Canberra embassy as concurrently accredited to New Zealand (List of diplomatic missions of Mongolia). The Canberra embassy records that there is no resident Ambassador of Mongolia in New Zealand, ambassadors are accredited from Canberra, and Davaasuren Damdinsuren presented his credentials to Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro on 30 June 2022 (Embassy of Mongolia in Canberra).
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Relations established - 15 September 1972 - DOCUMENTED
Australia established diplomatic relations with Mongolia on 15 September 1972. Bilateral engagement accelerated following democratic and free-market reforms in Mongolia in the early 1990s, with a focus on development assistance, commercial activities in the resources sector, people-to-people links and education (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mongolia country brief; Embassy of Australia in Mongolia, Diplomatic Relations).
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Embassy opened in Canberra - 2008 - DOCUMENTED
Mongolia opened an embassy in Canberra in 2008. Australia opened an embassy in Ulaanbaatar in December 2015, after the Australian Trade Commission opened a trade office there in 2011 (Embassy of Australia in Mongolia, Diplomatic Relations; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mongolia country brief).
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Credentials to New Zealand - 30 June 2022 - DOCUMENTED
Davaasuren Damdinsuren presented his credentials to Her Excellency The Right Hon Dame Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand, on 30 June 2022, as ambassador accredited from Canberra (Embassy of Mongolia in Canberra).
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Ambassador profile - DOCUMENTED
The Australian National University records Davaasuren Damdinsuren as Ambassador of Mongolia to Australia since November 2021, a career diplomat who held posts as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Mongolia, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington DC, and State Secretary and Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ANU Mongolia Institute Panel, Australian National University).
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