French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Mongolia on May 21. According to French officials, this is the first visit to Mongolia by a French president in history. Macron visited Mongolia after finishing his trip to the Group of Seven summit held in Japan that day. Mongolian officials held a welcome ceremony for Macron's visit in the capital Ulaanbaatar. French officials described Macron's visit as historic.

Later in the day, Macron expressed his gratitude to Mongolian President Khurelsukh and the Mongolian government and people for their welcome to the French side through social media, and included a video of him shaking hands with Khurelsukh. Macron held talks with Hurelsukh in a yurt.

Macron and Khurilsukh will discuss global issues such as the international situation, addressing climate change, and combating desertification. They will also discuss energy transition and other cooperation issues between the two countries, especially civil security, aviation, culture, education, agriculture, tourism and Sports and other fields; promoting investment and economic exchanges will also be important topics for their discussions.

After the G7 summit ended, French President Macron did not return to China immediately after leaving Hiroshima, Japan, but went to Mongolia for the first time. To be honest, something is very wrong. The United States and other member states have said that the actual impact of Macron's visit to Mongolia may be greater. And this visit is by no means a temporary idea, it has long been listed on Macron's itinerary. So, maybe the G7 summit is just an appetizer, and the real purpose of France is actually its neighbors in China.

This visit was unprecedented. This is the first time in history that a French president has visited Mongolia. Attention everyone, it is not Macron's first time, but the French president's first time. An old European power, no matter how you look at it, has no connection with Mongolia, a fully enclosed landlocked country.

So, a very fundamental question arises, this Macron, what is he going to do?

France's official media, Agence France-Presse, gave some answers in its related reports. Agence France-Presse said so, the French president's first visit to this landlocked country between Russia and China, it is clear that the West is increasingly interested in Mongolia. Another sentence is that Mongolia has become a topic of increasing interest to the United States, considering it as one of the strategic locations to thwart China's rise. Putting these two sentences together, both the United States and the West are very interested in Mongolia. The United States wants to use Mongolia as a breakthrough point to suppress and contain China, while the West may value Mongolia's energy more. the

This can be seen from this visit. During this visit, France and Mongolia reached an agreement to cooperate in renewable energy and nuclear energy. Macron also said that Mongolia's key metals can strengthen France's energy sovereignty. Of course, not only energy, the two sides will also cooperate in many fields such as politics, national defense, science and technology, agriculture, industry, and culture. In fact, these have nothing to do with China. China does not learn from the United States and does not engage in hegemony. As long as the cooperation between France and Mongolia does not harm China's national interests, China is happy to see the cooperation between the two sides. However, judging from the current global situation and historical issues, this kind of cooperation has certain risks for China. the

First of all, since Macron's last visit to China, Sino-French relations have been good, and consensus has been reached on the general direction. But it cannot be ignored that France is a member of the Group of Seven, and it is difficult to completely get rid of the influence of ideological prejudice brought about by this identity. At least judging from this G7 summit, France is not so tough yet. Secondly, Mongolia has always been not very peaceful. Mongolia has always wanted to develop the concept of a third neighboring country and seek exchanges and cooperation with countries other than China and Russia. It's not that China does not allow Mongolia to be a third neighbor, but that Mongolia's starting point is not good.

In the last century, due to the influence of the Soviet Union, Mongolia relied on inertia, was extremely dependent on Russia, and was extremely opposed to China. This is a fact. Mongolia wants to be a "third neighbor" and also wants to get rid of its dependence on China. But judging from today's global situation, China must stabilize Mongolia, the rear area, and not allow it to give birth to heresy. Therefore, for Mongolia, we have to guard against it. Finally, take a step back, even if France is really just looking for energy from Mongolia. But at the stage of the game between China and the United States, no one can guarantee that France can completely ignore the secret orders of the United States and put pressure on France under the banner of ideology. This kind of risk cannot occur at this critical moment today.Editor/XingWentao