BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 4
Trend:
Global Baku Forum will address urgent issues which are on the agenda, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said while delivering speech at the opening ceremony of the VIII Global Baku Forum under the motto "The world after COVID-19”, Trend reports.
"Dear friends, dear ladies and gentlemen, dear co-chairs of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, dear participants.
I welcome all of you. I would like to express gratitude to you for being with us. When we were discussing with the co-chairs of the Center about the annual Global Baku Forum of 2021, we could not even imagine that there will be such a broad presentation here in Baku. So this demonstrates first of all that the situation with COVID is getting better and second, of course, demonstrates that you pay a very big importance to this event. Because in fact, Baku Global Forum is transformed into one of the leading platform to address urgent and important issues of global politics. First of all I wouldd like to express gratitude to the co-chairs of NGIC Madam President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Mr. Serageldin, for their outstanding leadership of the Center. Even during the pandemic their activity was very visible. It’s due to their leadership and commitment to Center and its ideals the Center transformed into as I said, one of the leading international institutions. Also, I would like to express gratitude to members of Board for their contribution and also to permanent members and permanent participants. As we discussed yesterday with the members of the Board, it’s like a big family and a friendly family. I think this is one of the reasons for success. It’s enough only to look at the list of participants today, the list of speakers, the list of those distinguished personalities who will address the forum to say that it’s really amazing how in a relatively short period of time NGIC transformed into one of the very few leading international institutions with the great potential which accumulates the knowledge, experience, and vision of intellectual statesmen politicians, journalists, public figures and members of civil society. So, today’s Global Baku Forum will address urgent issues which are on the agenda," Azerbaijan's President said.
