BEIJING, July 5 (INP): Pakistan will participate in the 8th World Peace Forum, scheduled to be held here from July 8 to 9 at Tsinghua University.

Vice President Wang Qishan will attend and address the opening ceremony of the Forum.

According to the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Geng Suang, the forum's participants will deliberate upon the theme of “Stabilizing the International Order: Sharing, Governing, and Sharing.

During the forum, there will be foreign ministers' dialogue and several group discussions.

Other topics include "the international pattern and the international order", "geopolitics and relations between major powers", "regional security", "multilateralism and unilateralism".

Former Afghan President Karzai, former Indonesian President Megawati, former Singaporean Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, former European Council President Van Rompuy and former Russian Federal Security Council Secretary Ivanov have specially been invited to attend the forum.

The envoys of more than 50 countries including Pakistan will also attend the opening ceremony of the forum.

More than 100 think tank scholars from 24 countries will attend the conference. In addition, about 200 Chinese and foreign international relations scholars and industry guests have also been invited for the event. ??

The World Peace Forum is the first high-level unofficial international security forum held by China. It is hosted by Tsinghua University and co-organized by the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.

Founded in 2012, the Forum has been held for seven sessions to provide a platform for strategists and think tank scholars around the world to discuss international peace and security issues, the spokesperson added.

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