The 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) was held in Munich, Germany.
The MSC was founded by a German official and publisher Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist at the peak of the Cold War.
Starting in 1963, the conference initially only focused on military issues and was mainly attended by Western countries and their high-profile officials.
After the end of the Cold War in 1991, the conference expanded its agenda beyond defence and security to include issues like climate change and migration.
It also began inviting the leaders from the eastern nations including Russia, India and China.
In 2023, for the first time in 20 years, Russia wasn’t invited to the event.