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Current threats to world peace and stability discussed at Baku International Humanitarian Forum

02 October 2014 11:04 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramiz Mikayiloghlu – APA. Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov moderated a panel within the 4th Baku International Humanitarian Forum, APA reports. Former President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel said in his speech that according to the UN statistics, the number of poor countries doubled in the last 40 years and 20 countries faced food shortages.

Rüütel said the number of hungry people is going to reach one billion and according to the forecast, the world population will reach 8.2 billion in 2030: “The efficient use of lands can provide these people with food.”

Former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic noted that the principles of Yalta Conference don’t work anymore.

“We should prevent the Third World War. The main goal of the united Europe is to prevent a new war. The Helsinki principles should be based on and inviolability of borders should play a major role in ensuring trust between the East and West. There are very dangerous trends, the Soviet-era stereotypes reemerged. It is also said within NATO that the enemy is in Moscow. We are concerned about these issues. The future of Europe is impossible without Russia's participation. Everyone should determine their own destiny. It is important to rebuild trust among the countries,” he said.

Former President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers mentioned in his speech that the war is going on in Iraq and Syria, peace has not yet been built in Palestine, the Ukrainian crisis remains unresolved.

“Why the number of wars is many? The politicians who are supposed to prevent war aren’t so perspicacious. We feel the pain of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We get saddened when hear about the families deprived of their homes in the occupied lands and monuments demolished. We need to go forward and resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and other conflicts.”

Vytautas Landsbergis, the former Lithuanian President, said Azerbaijan is often criticized for governance, but they fail to consider that Azerbaijan’s territories have been invaded, Azerbaijan demonstrates an exemplary cooperation with Europe and it has been a positive example many times: “Therefore, it is necessary ramp up efforts in order to prevent the military conflict. Azerbaijan has a lot of positive contributions; it’s trying for energy security of Europe and plays a key part in relation with the Islamic world. I believe Azerbaijan will demonstrate many examples.”