Baku, Azerbaijan, March 10
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Creating relations and cooperation between countries and cultures is of great importance, Norway's former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland told Trend on the sidelines of the 4th Global Baku Forum March 10.
Brundtland expressed satisfaction that Baku has become a center for creating such cooperation.
She noted that the 4th Global Baku Forum is global cooperation that covers the whole world.
Declaring 2016 the Year of Multiculturalism in Azerbaijan is of great importance, said Norway's former prime minister.
The multicultural world creates great opportunities for the future generations, she said.
Brundtland congratulated Azerbaijan with putting forward such an initiative that will contribute to promoting such multicultural world which is very important.
The 4th Global Baku Forum titled "Towards a Multipolar World" kicked off March 10.
The Forum has been organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center in partnership with the Interaction Council, the Club of Madrid, Library of Alexandria, the Club of Rome and World Academy of Science and Culture.
Over 300 delegates from 53 countries attend the forum.
The two-day forum will focus on topical issues such as the role of interreligious dialogue in conflict prevention, migration, multiculturalism, integration and global security. The forum's agenda also includes prospects for energy and global management issues.