180 political leaders from around the world are expected from this Friday for the Munich conference on security. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be there on Saturday after the signing this Friday in Berlin and Paris of bilateral security agreements between his country, Germany and France.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the Palestinian Prime Minister as well as regional officials and even American Secretary of State Antony Blinken are expected. The conference will symbolically open with a concert by Israeli and Palestinian musicians from the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, created by conductor Daniel Barenboim. The Munich conference should not be underestimated, says MO expert Yasmina Asrarguis.