Ban Ki-moon: Baku int’l forum to promote intercultural dialogue
The V Baku International Humanitarian Forum has grown into an important venue to exchange ideas on the wide range of issues and promote intercultural dialogue, tolerance and understanding among nations, reads the letter of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed to the participants of the forum.
This year’s forum is also special for Azerbaijan as the country marks for 25th anniversary of independence, and Azerbaijan has made remarkable achievements since that, according to the letter.
There has seen significant socio-economic development in Azerbaijan since 1991, Ban Ki-moon said in his letter.
The development is helping Azerbaijan to play a very important role in Eurasia, Europe and the Middle East with a growing focus on humanitarian issues, according to the letter.
The V Baku International Humanitarian Forum has kicked off on
Sept. 29 in the Heydar Aliyev center in Baku.
President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva are taking
part in the opening ceremony of the forum.
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