Italian Senate to host preparatory event for Global Baku Forum
By Nigar Orujova
The Italian Senate will host a high level preparatory meeting for the fourth Global Baku Forum on January 26-28, the State Committee on Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan reported.
The 4th forum entitled “Towards a multipolar world” will be held in the Azerbaijani capital on March 10-11. The first Global Baku Forum was held in 2013 bringing together number of influential political leaders and statesmen.
The event organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center in partnership with the State Committee on Work with Diaspora, will bring together about 300 representatives, including a number of influential political and public figures.
The preparatory meeting in Rome is scheduled to be addressed by President of the Italian Senate Pietro Grasso, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, director of the Library of Alexandria Ismail Serageldin and former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga.
Former presidents of Italy, Poland, Croatia, Andorra, Latvia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Albania, Serbia and Bulgaria will also join the event.
Moreover, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri is also expected to attend the meeting.
The event will focus on topical issues of the modern era, the role of interfaith dialogue in the prevention of radicalization, the women’s role in the establishment of interfaith dialogue and the factor of religion in the comprehension of common values of different nations and cultures.
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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’ staff journalist. Follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
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