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Bush and Roh will meet in Kyongju on November 17th. High-level meetings are usually a prerequisite to major changes in the diplomatic relationships between nations, although not every high-level meeting necessarily signals a major change. I’m equally interested in the fact that Bush will visit the President of Mongolia in Ulaan Bator. Despite its lack of an air corridor not controlled by Russia or China, Mongolia could become a important diplomatic and trading partner in the region if it can shake its post-Soviet corruption.