The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) will convene a meeting of foreign ministers from its 30 member states at its headquarters in Brussel next Wednesday and Thursday.

Top diplomats from eight non-member nations, including South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand as well as Ukraine, have been invited to attend a session on Thursday.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previously extended an invitation to South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong during their phone conversation in mid-March.

Since its designation as a global partner for NATO in 2006, South Korea and the intergovernmental military alliance have enhanced cooperation in various fields from cybersecurity to nonproliferation and counter-terrorism.