A conference on sustainable development in North Korea began in Pyongyang on Wednesday, according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Thursday.

The conference is organized by the Canada-DPRK Knowledge Partnership Program (KPP) and hosted by North Korea’s Ministry of Land and Environment Protection (MoLEP).

“Experts from Malaysia, U.S., China, India and (the) UK arrived here Tuesday to participate in the Pyongyang International Conference on Promoting Sustainable Development,” the KCNA article reads.

In total representatives from as many as 16 countries will be participating in the conference, which runs until Friday, according to a KPP document shared