For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Russian Foreign Ministry did not send a delegation to the Munich Security Conference

On February 9, local time, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said that Russia would not send representatives to the Munich security conference.

According to TASS reported on February 10, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said that Russia will not send representatives to the Munich security conference. Previously, the Russian side had made it clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not participate. It was also the first time in nearly 20 years that Russia had not sent a delegation to the Munich Security Conference.

Recently, the deterioration of Russian-Ukrainian relations has accelerated, and the two sides have deployed a large number of military personnel and weapons and equipment in the border areas of the two countries. The United States, Ukraine and NATO claim that Russia has gathered heavy troops in the area near the eastern border of Ukraine and has the potential to "invade". The Russian side denied this, stressing that NATO activities threaten russia's border security and that russia has the right to mobilize troops within its territory to defend its territory.

According to Reuters reported on February 9, this year's Munich Security Conference is expected to be held in Munich from February 18 to 20. U.S. Vice President Harris will hold a series of face-to-face meetings with U.S. allies and partners during the Munich Security Conference seeking to stop Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Mu'an Association was founded in the 1960s as an international defense conference with the focus on transatlantic partnership, founded by german von Kleist. In 1963, the first International Defence Congress was held in Munich.

In its early days, the IDF was attended by only a few dozen people, and often referred to as a "transatlantic family gathering" as an unofficial platform for dialogue between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States and other NATO members. With the end of the Cold War, the International Defense Congress was renamed the Munich Security Policy Conference, and the number of participants gradually increased and expanded to non-NATO members. At the same time, the focus of the meeting is no longer limited to the transatlantic partnership, but more attention to global security issues, including combating terrorism, preventing nuclear proliferation, and maintaining regional stability.

In 1995, the Munich Security Policy Conference invited Russian representatives for the first time and for the first time proposed the principle of NATO's eastward expansion. Since the late 1990s, the event has become increasingly open. In 1999, the Conference was opened for the first time to representatives of Central and Eastern European countries and the business community.

In 2009, the Munich Security Policy Conference was renamed the Munich Security Conference.