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Participants in the conference entitled "New Trends of European Security: How We Begin the 21st Century?" are expected to discuss "the issues related to recent changes in the European and national security models, cooperation between Russia and NATO, attempts to review the results of WWII, and new technologies used in "information wars"", the spokesman said.
The conference will take place in Veliky Novgorod, near Russia"s second city of St. Petersburg, for the ninth time. If was first held in 2002.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed drawing up a new pan-European security pact in June 2008, and Russia published a draft of the treaty on November 29, 2009, sending copies to heads of state and international organizations, including NATO.
In late February, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rejected Russia"s call for a new European security treaty, saying Europe"s security would be strengthened by closer cooperation between Russia and NATO.