ASEM Senior Officials will meet in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 12-14 July 2016 to prepare for the upcoming 11th ASEM Summit (ASEM11). The Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) will be attended by officials from 53 ASEM partners.    

The Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF) is a meeting of business leaders from Asia and Europe, created by the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to strengthen economic cooperation between the business sectors of the two regions.    

Mongolia will host the 11th ASEM Summit of Heads of State and Government (ASEM11) in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, announced Mongolian President Tsahiagiin ELBEGDORJ during the final press conference at the 10th ASEM Summit of Heads of State and Government held on 16-17 October 2014 in Milan, Italy. The 11th ASEM Summit will also be the 20th Anniversary since the Asia-Europe Meeting dialogue process was inaugurated in 1996 in Bangkok, Thailand.  

ULAN BATOR, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here Wednesday for an official visit to Mongolia and the 11th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit. This is Li's first trip to the landlocked Asian country since he took office as Chinese premier in 2013, and the first official visit by a Chinese premier to the country in six years.