The three-day Munich Security Conference (MSC) kicked off in the Bavarian capital on Friday, with a major focus scheduled to be on Western strategy to counter the Ukraine crisis.

Besides the Ukraine crisis, issues such as pandemic strategies and the fight against climate change are to be discussed at the conference. Other panels will focus on less pressing issues, such as the advance of cryptocurrency.

Delegates from across the world, including from Georgia have gathered in Munich. But Russia is not officially represented.

"Delighted to participate in MSC. Truly an outstanding platform to discuss traditional and contemporary security challenges! Georgia stands alongside the international community in pursuit of advancing common values and ideals that can ensure greater security across the region and beyond," Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said in a tweet.