<span style="color: #222222;">Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez will not attend the ongoing annual Moscow Conference on International Security instead country's delegation will be led by a military attache. Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa told this to reporters in Moscow today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The three-day conference opened yesterday. This year's edition will be mainly devoted to the improvement of arms control systems. The security situation in the Middle East, particularly the Syrian crisis settlement, will also prevail on the agenda of the conference. The conference will also focus on the expansion of security cooperation in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.</span><br />''  <br />