Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, together with global leaders, is participating in the Munich Security Conference. The 58th Munich Security Conference was opened by its Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger.

The conference’s participants were addressed by UN Secretary General António Guterres who, in light of the ongoing crisis, singled out the importance of international cooperation. Global challenges were discussed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Munich will host the 58th Security Conference through February 20. The conference, a leading forum for discussing international security policy, brings together more than 450 decision-makers, senior officials, and leaders to consider the most pressing international security policy issues.

The Head of Georgian Government was personally invited by MSC Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger to participate in the event. On the margins of the conference, the Prime Minister is scheduled to hold high-level bilateral meetings both on a political level and with business community representatives and the executives of some of the largest companies, the government’s press office said.