Politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will be allowed to attend a high-profile forum for debating international security policy in 2026 after being excluded from recent editions, a conference spokesman said on Sunday. Invitations for the Munich Security Conference were recently sent to politicians from all parties represented in the German parliament, he told dpa, with the selection focussing on lawmakers serving on committees relevant to foreign and security policy.

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