As two leading Mongolian daily newspapers published Former Secretary of State James Baker came with his son to Mongolia last Saturday and left today. Baker paid his first official visit to Mongolia in 1990 as the Secretary of State. In his second official visit in 1991 it was he who for the first time said “USA is Mongolia's third neighbor”.  

This is his third visit but this time he came unofficially. Even though he mentioned that the purpose of this visit is to connect his research center with one of the Mongolian research centers. But yesterday when the former secretary visited Prime Minister Enkbold and the deputy minister Enkhsaikhan, he showed one of the issues of the “Toronto Mail” newspaper which had Minister of Industry and Commerce Mr. Jargalsaikhan’s statement “Mongolia will take 50% of Ivanhoe Mines Company” and said he would like to see Mongolian government and “Ivanhoe Mines” sign a stability contract soon.  Mr. Baker’s son is an advisor to Mr. Freedland, a director of “Ivanhoe Mines,” company. Mongolian press suggests that Mr. Baker’s visit wasn’t only to find a research center.