Division 2.1.1 Purpose of the project

to provide a follow-up event related to the EU seminar to 'promote a process aimed at establishing a zone free of WMD and means of delivery in the Middle East' which was held in Brussels on 6-7 July 2011 in the form of a general track-2 meeting, prior to the 2012 Conference;

to discuss issues related to regional security in the Middle East, including proliferation of WMD and their means of delivery and conventional issues;

to explore possible confidence-building measures to facilitate the process towards the establishment of a zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East;

to discuss possibilities to universalise and implement international non-proliferation and disarmament treaties and other instruments;

to explore perspectives for peaceful nuclear cooperation and related assistance activities.