The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development and National Security Council of Mongolia have created task forces, along with other agencies, for the planning of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)  Summit in Ulaanbaatar, as Mongolia will host the 11th summit in 2016.

Task forces preparing for the summit held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Development, exchanging opinions on provisional inquiries and future plans.

ASEM is a mechanism for dialogue between 53 countries, including 28 state counties of Asia and Europe, two European two countries, 21 Asian countries, the Secretariat of the EU and ASEAN. ASEM nations account for around 63 percent of global trade.

The 11th ASEM Summit in 2016 comes at the same time of the 20^th anniversary of ASEM.