The international conference called "Middle East 2020: Is the Comprehensive Settlement Possible?" will open in Jordan on Sunday.

Participants of the talks organized by the Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti and the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy within the framework of the Valdai International Discussion Club will discuss the Middle East settlement, the global energy security, the strengthening the Non-proliferation regime, and a range of other international issues.

It will be the first time when major Middle East problems are covered by participants of the Valdai Club and the first time over the long haul when Russia is organizing such an ambitious international event in the Middle East.

The Conference will be attended by leading analysts, scientists, politicians and journalists who are experts on the Middle East settlement and regional and energy security from Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Britain, France and the United States.

Evgeny Primakov, a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov have been invited to address the conference as special guests. The Russian delegation will also include Chairman of the Presidium of Council for Foreign and Defense Policy Sergey Karaganov, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oriental Studies, Vitaly Naumkin, director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexei Vasilyev.

The conference will run until December 22.

JORDAN, December 20 (RIA Novosti)