MUNICH (Sputnik) — Medvedev represents Russia alongside Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) taking place on February 12-14.
The MSC is an international, nongovernmental, independent forum for discussing major security issues. Founded in 1962 to facilitate consultations between NATO member countries, it now involves representatives from Central and Eastern Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East, as well as former Soviet states.