The Ninth International Conference on Northeast Asian Security “Ulaanbaatar Dialogue” was successfully organized jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Institute for Strategic Studies of Mongolia on 6–7 June 2024. This year the dialogue welcomed more than 230 participants representing governments, international organizations and academia from around 30 countries.

Government representatives, experts and scholars participating in the conference discussed “Security Challenges and Opportunities in the Region”, “Multilateral Cooperation in Northeast Asia”, “Climate Change and Security Challenges in Northeast Asia”, “Secure and Affordable Energy Transition in Northeast Asia” and “Developing Sustainable and Resilient Value Chains for Critical Energy Transition Minerals”. In addition, Track I roundtable meeting for government representatives was organized during the Ninth International Conference on Northeast Asian Security “Ulaanbaatar Dialogue”.

High level participants including Ms. Anne-Marie Descôtes, Secretary General of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Mr. Andžejs Viļumsons, Undersecretary of State and Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Mr. Heinrich Schellenberg, Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Mr. Andrew Arveseth, Director for Korea and Mongolia of the U.S. National Security Council, took part in the conference. Also, representatives from Latvia, Portugal and New Zealand participated in the dialogue for the first time.

Mongolia has been consistently pursuing the policy of launching a dialogue mechanism in Northeast Asia since the 1980s. These efforts yielded the “Ulaanbaatar Dialogue on Northeast Asian Security” initiative in 2013 and the Ulaanbaatar Dialogue International Conference on Northeast Asian Security has been held regularly since 2014 in an effort to contribute to the establishment of a dialogue mechanism within the region. Since 2017, the conference has been organized at the level of Track 1.5 channels, a combination of officials and academics.