Special report: Iran Nuclear Crisis

    MUNICH, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will still come to the Munich security conference as originally planed, said a statement from Iranian Embassy in Berlinon Friday night.

    The organizers of the conference confirmed to Xinhua that Larijani changed his plan again and is heading to Munich, which made the Iran's nuclear crisis one of the most burning issue to be discussed at the three-day meeting.

    Earlier reports said Larijani had decided on a last minute that he was not coming due to an illness.

    Larijani had said that he expected "some negotiations with Western on the sidelines of the Munich meeting, which would also been attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Javier Solana, the EU top foreign policy official.

    Some 250 top officials from over 40 countries will attend the 43th Munich security conference which will rum from late Friday until Sunday.

    The meeting, entitled "global crisis, global responsibilities", will also highlight NATO's role, the Middle East peace process, transatlantic relations, the West's relations with Russia and the fight against international terrorism, according to the organizers.

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Iran's chief nuclear negotiator cancels trip to Germany

    TEHRAN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has cancelled his planned trip to Germany for a coming security conference in Munich due to illness, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.