“I am very glad that the Global Baku Forum becomes a good tradition. In a very short period of time, the Nizami Ganjavi International Center became a world-scale international institution,” Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.

Addressing the opening of the 4th Global Baku Forum on March 10, said every international forum and its level mainly depends on the list of its participants.

Over 50 incumbent and former heads of state and government are attending the forum, the president said.

"Since we met last spring, the situation in the world has changed, unfortunately not in positive direction," the president said.

He added that the world didn`t become safer and more secure, while the conflicts remain unresolved.

"Our main role is to play our part as countries, governments, politicians, to try to reduce tensions, create grounds for cooperation, mutual understanding, mutual respect," he said. "Otherwise, the situation in the future will continue to deteriorate."

Among the troubling issues, President Aliyev named the situation in the Middle East, situation in parts of Europe, refugee crisis - all the realities of the recent years.

The president said that one of the main objectives of the Fourth Global Baku Forum is to address these issues, especially taking into account the level of participants and their contribution to the world affairs, their experience, and knowledge, and that may help to find a way out of the existing situation.

“We need to promote mutual understanding and peace,” President Aliyev stressed.

"Sometimes it may seem that what we see on TV, the dangerous events happening in different parts of the world, one may think this is happening on another planet, but it is just the next door. The refugee crisis showed that we`re all interrelated."

Azerbaijani president said that every action, every step, every interference in other countries` affairs may result in difficulties for those, who interfere. “We all need to respect each other.”

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