The choice is about optics, and allowing Trump to credit Xi.
Stroking the Panda will be even more important once an agreement is reached.
Mongolia. Diplomats will just have to suck it up.
Only Nixon could go to China. And only Trump could go to Mongolia! :-)
Only Nixon could go to China. And only Trump could go to Mongolia! :-)
The president of Mongolia is Khaltmaagiin Battulga, prime minister is Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. Xi is in China. Ulaan Baatar is as close to Irkutsk as it is to any point in China.
The US Embassy is in the Northeast part of town, The North Korean embassy is in the Northwest part of town, and the South Korean embassy is in the South, near the convention center.
It doesn't look like there is a diplomatic center, the various other embassies appear to be scattered all over town.