Azerbaijan, Baku, 7 May / Trend, S. Aliyev /
Former Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga has called on international organizations to come up with a more thorough approach to dealing with the plight of refugees and internally displaced persons.
"I was one of the seven million people who was forcibly displaced during the Second World War. We were forced to live in an alien atmosphere. World leaders should not allow the persecution of people," Vaira Vike-Freiberga said in Baku, speaking at the 1st South Caucasus Forum.
Baku hosts the 1st South Caucasus Forum on Tuesday, organized by the Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with Diaspora, the International Center of Nizami Ganjavi and the Club of Madrid.
The forum is being attended by more than 200 prominent political and public figures from more than 40 countries.
"We believe that the EU and the UN will acquire a more thorough approach to this issue," Latvia's former president said.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga named the Club of Madrid to be a very convenient format for the debate, within which the former heads of states exchange experiences and opinions.