Seoul to host world summit of Nobel Peace laureates in 2020

Nobel Peace Prize recipients from around the world will gather in Seoul next year. This gathering aims to discuss ways to enhance inter-Korean peace, as well as global peace.

The 18th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates (WSNPL) is expected to bring together about 1,000 peace experts and activists, including 30 Nobel Peace winners and organization officials, amid rising international attention to peace on the Korean Peninsula.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the WSNPL secretariat signed an MOU on Seoul's hosting of the large-scale peace conference and agreed to form a bilateral preparatory committee, South Korean News Agency (Yonhap) reported.

An exhibition of activities of Nobel Peace laureates, a peace concert and cultural events will also take place at the Demilitarized Zone and other places.

Nobel Peace laureates will also have an opportunity to hold dialogue with about 600 college students from abroad and 400 South Korean college students.

The WSNPL summit was held almost every year in Rome, Italy, from 1999 to 2007 at the suggestion of the Gorbachev Foundation. Since 2008, the conference has been held in major cities around the world. It was not held last year and Merida of Mexico was the host of this year's summit.