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BERLIN. Today begins the “Munich Security Conference”, MSC for short, which brings together key political and security figures from around the world.

The conference, which runs until Sunday, February 19, and is being held for the 59th time this year, is known as the most important forum on the international stage, in addition to the meeting called the “Davos Summit” to discuss global foreign and security policy. Problems.

It is expected that the conference will discuss the problems experienced in the world economy, the focus of which will be the global climate problem and developments in Iran and Syria, as well as the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, which will be in the year on February 24th.

The MSC will bring together over 40 heads of state and government, foreign and defense ministers from over 90 countries, nearly 500 officials, security experts, representatives of international organizations and researchers.

The US delegation, made up primarily of members of Congress, as well as US Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, will be the largest delegation in Munich.

Blinken will leave Germany for Turkey after the Munich Security Conference. At a conference held just days before the start of the Russian offensive last year, Kamala Harris warned Russia that if it invaded Ukraine, it would face the consequences.

Russia and Iran are not invited

The conference is expected to be attended by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish President Andrzej Duda.

Although a high-level delegation from Ukraine is expected to visit Munich, Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, said that Russian officials were not invited to the conference.

Heusgen stated that “Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government’s propaganda will not be included in the conference” and that many well-known opposition figures from Russia were invited.

Explaining that no one from Iran had been invited to represent the government, Heusgen said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi would attend the conference.

Like every year, various groups will hold demonstrations on Saturday to protest against the conference. More than 4,000 police officers will be on duty in and around the hotel where the meetings take place to ensure the safety of participants.

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