TEHRAN The 11th International Persian Gulf Conference on Status of the Persian Gulf at New Global Relations' is to held in Tehran on January 7-8, it was announced here on Sunday.

The Persian Gulf is considered as an important geographic region which is the centerpiece for the most important political and international developments. The region is also regarded as the biggest source of world energy leaving mutual affects on global developments.

The two-day conference is the study these interrelated developments at the Foreign Ministry's Institutes for Political and International Studies (IPIS).

Researchers and scholars from England, United States of America, Canada, France, Russia, China, Japan, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Iraq, Yemen, as well as the Central Asian and Caucasian republics will attend the conference.

The conference will assess the most important issues of the region and study the interrelation political, economic and security developments on global policy.

(IRNA)