WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich will address the AIPAC policy conference.

The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker, who is trailing in the race for the Republican presidential nod, is the first in the GOP field to announce his participation.

No date in the March 3-5 conference was set for Gingrich’s address. President Obama is slated to speak on March 4.

The policy conference coincides with the run-up to the Super Tuesday primaries on March 5, when 10 states go to the polls. Super Tuesday is seen as a make-or-break day in the contest.

Gingrich has close ties with AIPAC, working with the group when he was speaker in the 1990s to pass the law recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is among the other notables scheduled to speak at the conference.