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(IsraelNN.com) The first annual International Security Forum of Ministers of Interior and Public Security will open Wednesday in Jerusalem. The topic for the three-day conference is "Challenges to Homeland Security"

Minister of Public Security Avi Dichter will host the conference. Ministers of Interior and Homeland Security from Germany, the United States, Canada, France, Spain, Poland, Italy, England are scheduled to participate.

The forum's goal is to promote and strengthen the cooperation between the countries and to share the knowledge, capabilities and experience accumulated among the countries during the war against terror while facing other homeland security challenges.