By Anadolu staff
An annual international peace forum kicked off Wednesday in South Korea to discuss various geopolitical challenges, according to local media reports.
The three-day event began at the Jeju International Convention Center, bringing together some 4,000 participants from 60 countries, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, UN Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Wamkele Mene, are attending the event.
South Korea's acting President Lee Ju-ho will make a keynote speech in the opening ceremony.
The 20th Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity will discuss the geopolitical challenges faced by the world, from the strategic competition between the US and China, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the instability in the Middle East to promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula, according to the agency.
Climate change responses and the escalating race for technological supremacy are also among the key topics.
*Writing by Islamuddin Sajid