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The Seventh General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which is underway in Baku on Thursday, is an important opportunity to achieve mutual understanding, United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said in his welcoming letter to the meeting participants.

"This meeting is an important opportunity to build bridges of mutual understanding that can lead to a future stability, prosperity and freedom," Ban Ki Moon's letter says.

The UN head stressed that he is pleased to send greetings to the international conference and thanked the ruling Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party for hosting this meeting.

He said in his letter that this format has grown to an important forum for dialogue and coordination in bringing together government, opposition and independent voices across the region.

Ban Ki Moon stressed conflict and misunderstanding makes it harder to mobilize the global cooperation and the member states need to achieve the millennium development goal by protecting the human rights and addressing common threats like extremism and climate change.

"UN will continue to be your partner in various issues from energy to education, from conflict prevention to disaster risk reduction," the letter says.