U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to South Korea next week to attend a global education forum, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Ban, formerly South Korea's top diplomat, plans to participate in the World Education Forum to be held in Songdo, west of Seoul, from Tuesday through Friday, said the ministry.

It would draw more than 2,000 officials and experts from UNESCO member states and other relevant international organizations, according to the ministry.

During his five-day stay in his homeland, Ban is also scheduled to meet with President Park Geun-hye, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and National Assembly Speaker Chung Eui-hwa.

"To be discussed in the meetings are South Korea-U.N. relations, climate change, post-2015 development agenda and other major pending issues as well as security conditions on the Korean Peninsula," the ministry said.

Ban will also hold a joint press conference with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova on Tuesday on the U.N. agenda on education, it added.

The ministry noted 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the U.N.'s birth and Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule.

"Secretary-General Ban's trip is expected to serve as a good opportunity to shed light on special cooperative ties between South Korea and the U.N.," it said. (Yonhap)