** Editor's note : this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik **
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Mongolia's President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh walk past honour guards during an official welcoming ceremony in Ulaanbaatar on September 3, 2024. (Photo by Kristina Kormilitsyna / POOL / AFP)