However, the World Health Organization and UNAIDS also warned that circumcision should not be the only measure to prevent HIV - people should follow other measures like the use of male and female condoms, abstinence, delaying the start of sexual activity and monogamy.
AP quotes Catherine Hankins of UNAIDS as saying, "We must be clear. Male circumcision does not provide complete protection against HIV."
Experts have warned that men who resume sex before their circumcision wound has healed are at a higher risk of being infected with HIV.
They further added that an HIV-positive man can more easily pass the disease on to his partner if the wound is still unhealed.
Experts based their results on three trials in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa.
"Based on the evidence presented, which was considered to be compelling, experts attending the consultation recommended that male circumcision now be recognized as an additional important intervention to reduce the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men," a joint statement said.
However, they also cautioned that further study is needed to determine whether male circumcision will cut the transmission of HIV to women and if it will reduce HIV infection in homosexual intercourse.
