Officials and experts from South Korea, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Brussels this week to discuss President Park Geun-hye's foreign policy for regional security, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

The two-day session, co-hosted by the Korea National Diplomatic Academy and the European Union Institute for Security Studies, will open Thursday in Brussels under the theme, "Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative and EU-ROK (Republic of Korea) Cooperation."

It is the second such conference since the first one was held in Seoul last September.

"It is the first time that regional organizations with experience in multilateral cooperation and countries relevant to the NAPCI are gathering in one place to discuss the future direction of development for regional multilateral cooperation," the ministry said in a press release.

"We expect it to be a forum to reaffirm the active support of the EU and the cooperation will of relevant nations for NAPCI as well as an opportunity to hold the next level of talks on cooperation in the soft-security areas NAPCI aims for."

NAPCI, one of Park's signature diplomatic policies, is designed to improve security in the region by first building trust through cooperation on soft issues, such as the environment and nuclear safety.

South Korea will be represented at the conference by Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun. Other participants will include Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, and Ugo Astuto, acting managing director of the department of Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service. (Yonhap)