The 12th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting was held in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain, on Monday November 25th, 2013.

At the Ministerial Meeting, Mongolia was represented by special envoy ambassador L.Galbadrakh, Advisor to Foreign Minister A.Batpurev.

Mongolia joined the Asia Cooperation Dialogue in 2006. A decade ago in 2002 the Asia Cooperation Dialogue was launched with the aim of promoting relations and strengthening cooperation among the Asian countries in all fields.

Since then, the Asia Cooperation Dialogue has expanded to include 32 countries in Asia. Most recently the Republic of Turkey has become the 33rd member of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue.

At the 12th Asia Cooperation Dialogue Ministerial Meeting, a draft Manama Declaration on tourism development along with recent changes as proposed by the drafting group was adopted. Member countries agreed on these suggested appeals and plans to  expand cooperation on investment, energy, infrastructure and security.

One item included the plan for Asian cooperation on energy, which was negotiated, and also initiatives by several countries to establish Asian Infrastructure Bank and Asian Development Fund were discussed.