Ulaanbaatar
'Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on Northeast Asian Security’ to be held early June
Politics
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ Since the 1980’s, Mongolia has been consistently pursuing the policy
of launching a dialogue mechanism in Northeast Asia. These efforts yielded the
‘Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on Northeast Asian Security’ initiative in 2013 and the
first international conference was organized in 2014. Since 2017, the
conference has been upgraded to 1.5 level gathering together both government
officials and academia.
This
dialogue forum is now evolving into an open and inclusive mechanism, bringing
together representatives from all countries in the sub-region. Discussion
topics cover a broad range of issues including security, energy, infrastructure,
green development, opportunities of humanitarian cooperation and others.
This year
the 6th international conference ‘Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on Northeast Asian
Security’ will be held on 5-6 June at 1.5 track as well.
The agenda
of the 6th conference will consist of the two plenary sessions on ‘The
Northeast Asian Security Environment: Opportunities and Challenges’ and
‘Cooperation and Competition Dynamics in Northeast Asia’ and the three parallel
sessions on ‘Promoting Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia’, ‘Humanitarian
Challenges in Emergency Situations’, and ‘Inclusion of Youth, Peace and
Security: Perspectives for Dialogue in Northeast Asia’.
The
conference is expected to be attended by about 200 international and national
delegates comprising representatives of the government entities, the United
Nations and other international organizations and academia. The Government
invitees to the conference include not only the Northeast Asian countries –
China, ROK, DPRK, Japan, Russia, and Mongolia – but also officials from other
continents including Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the
United States, European Union, and others.
Source: The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
