The 5th Global Forum starts in Baku - UPDATED

Baku. 16 March. REPORT.AZ/ The 5th Global Baku Forum entitled "Future of international relations: Power and interests" has started in the capital of Azerbaijan.

Report informs, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva are attending the opening ceremony of the forum.

The head of state is addressing the opening ceremony.

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Baku. 16 March. REPORT.AZ/ The 5th Global Baku Forum has today started in Azerbaijan.

Report informs, about 300 representatives from 53 countries are attending the forum entitled "Future of international relations: Power and interests", with the support of the State Committee for Work with Diaspora and organization of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center.

The forum is attended by Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis, Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović, Albanian President Bujar Nishani, Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanić. 

The forum will be held on 7 panels on the topics of "Future of transatlantic relations: Return to political realism", "How to win the fight against terrorism in the modern period? Which means, method and strategy must be applied?", "What alliances are needed to establish for the settlement of contemporary international relations?", "Role of China in international relations: Discussion of introduction methods of the old rules", "Europe's future", "Is extremism and populism stand as the greatest threat to international security?", "Establishment of Baltic-Black Sea security community: Towards the action plan".

The forum will run until March 17.