MOSCOW. Feb 4 (Interfax-AVN) - Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov will depart for Munich on Friday to attend an international security conference, a Defense Ministry source told Interfax-Military News Agency.
During the conference, set for Saturday and Sunday, speeches will be given by officials from NATO, the European Union and several defense ministers, including Ivanov.
Ivanov will hold meetings with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and German Defense Minister Peter Struck.