Munich Security Conference won’t be held in person this year

The Munich Security Conference will not take place in person this year due to pandemic-related risks, Communications Director Christian Thiels said, Report informs referring to Urdu Point.

"The risk is too high for us. No one can predict how the situation with COVID-19 will develop. That is why an in-person conference is impossible," Thiels told Germany's Bild tabloid.

The organizers originally planned to hold a physical conference later in the year as a follow-up to the online event that took place in February.