(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 3. The 6th World Forum onIntercultural Dialogue in Baku, themed“Dialogue for Peace andGlobal Security”, and speech of the President of Azerbaijan IlhamAliyev at the opening ceremony of the event still spotlight mediaattention in a number of countries around the world, Trend reports.
The news published by the Turkish Anadolu Agency, portalsMilliyyet, Hurriyet, Yeni Safak, CNN Türk, TR Haber, IHA, Istiklal,Türkiye Press, Son saat, Yeni gün, media structures TRT, HaberGlobal, TV 100, Beyaz qazete, Aksam newspapers and other mediahighlighted that the landmark 6th World Forum on InterculturalDialogue aroused great interest.
The news give a large place to the President Ilham Aliyev' sstatements about Azerbaijan's contributions to interculturaldialogue, the forum's importance in this context, the country'srole in regional development, steps taken to solidify peace andstability in the region, efforts to normalize Armenian-Azerbaijanirelations, about that representatives of various ethnic groups andreligions live in Azerbaijan as one family.
Information presented under the headlines "President ofAzerbaijan Ilham Aliyev: The world should not turn a blind eye tothis disgusting practice of neo-colonialism, which is leading toforceful assimilation", "Ilham Aliyev: We are moving towards peacewith Armenia",“Message to Armenia from Aliyev: We are working veryactively”,“New statement from Aliyev before a critical meeting: Atwhat stage are the negotiations?” quoting the statements of thepresident, noted that institutions such as the European Parliament,the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe try tointerfere in the internal affairs of countries not situated inEurope, while neo-colonial tendencies are hushed up.
The articles also highlighted statements by President IlhamAliyev about the steps taken towards achieving peace betweenAzerbaijan and Armenia without any mediation, the beginning of workon delimitation and demarcation, Azerbaijan's preparation of basicprinciples for a peace agreement with Armenia and a draft peaceagreement.
Turkish news media emphasized the statement of President IlhamAliyev that Azerbaijan has historically been a place ofintersection of cultures.
"The multicultural and ethnically diverse Azerbaijani societyhas managed to protect the most important values throughout thecenturies; values of tolerance, mutual respect, friendship, andpartnership. One of the main reasons for successful development ofAzerbaijan as an independent country, I'm absolutely sure, isexactly that. All the people who live in Azerbaijan,representatives of different ethnic groups and religions, live asone family, as great citizens of Azerbaijan, as patriots of ourstate and statehood," the head of state said.
The Russia 24 TV channel extensively highlighted the 6th WorldForum on Intercultural Dialogue, noting that the main theme of thisprestigious event is related to dialogue for peace and globalsecurity.
Moreover, the TV channel informed the audience thatrepresentatives of more than 100 countries, including Russia, areparticipating in the forum at which President Ilham Aliyev made anopening speech.
Special Representative of the President of Russia forInternational Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy in an interviewwith the TV channel said that at the event, against the backdrop ofthe development of a multi-polar world concept, issues ofintercultural dialogue are discussed.
Ukrainian media also widely covered the speech of PresidentIlham Aliyev at the opening ceremony of the forum.
Articles published on the 1news, Meta, Ua24news portals andother resources, focused on President Ilham Aliyev's views on stepsto strengthen peace and stability in the region and normalizeArmenian-Azerbaijani relations.
Articles citing the speech of President Ilham Aliyev noted thatstability in the South Caucasus has been achieved thanks to thenormalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The articles emphasized that Azerbaijan is actively working toachieve peace with Armenia, negotiations are being conducted on thebasis of a document prepared by Azerbaijan.
Besides, the articles said that currently, there are seenpositive trends on the peace track, and along with the delimitationof borders, demarcation has also started.
The border delimitation and demarcation are carried out on thebasis of agreements reached between the two countries, withoutmediators, the articles added.
The speech of President Ilham Aliyev at the opening ceremony ofthe forum was the center of attention of the Serbian media.
Thus, Politika, Tanyug, Novosti, Alo, Pink publications,as well as the Voyvodine TV and radio channel cited quotes from thespeech of President Ilham Aliyev, especially regardingneo-colonialism. Articles were published under headlines such as“Aliyev challenges neo-colonialists: We cannot afford some Europeancountries to continue colonizing other peoples”,“The world shouldnot turn a blind eye to this disgusting practice ofneo-colonialism”.
The publications paid special attention to the following quotefrom the speech of the President of Azerbaijan :
"Today in the 21st century, we cannot afford to allow some bigEuropean countries to continue colonizing other peoples. This isabsolutely unacceptable. When we raise our voice nationally, andpreviously as the chair of NAM, it's not because we are actingagainst any country. It's just because we defend justice andinternational law. This issue should not be ignored. The worldshould not turn a blind eye to this disgusting practice ofneo-colonialism, which is leading to forceful assimilation," thehead of state noted.
The publications also cited the statements of President IlhamAliyev about the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan andArmenia, the start of work of delimitation and demarcationcommissions of both countries, and the need for carrying out thisprocess without the participation of mediators.
Arabic-language media also widely covered the forum inAzerbaijan.
Thus, Egyptian Ahram, Shorouknews, 2lkhbr devotedpublications to the speech of President Ilham Aliyev and the topicsraised during the speech.
The news highlighted the steps taken during the successfulchairmanship of Azerbaijan in the Non-Aligned Movement, thestructures created at the initiative of Azerbaijan - theParliamentary Network of the Movement, the Youth Organization, andthe Women's Platform.
The news published on the media resource Algere54, broadcast inFrench, notes that President Ilham Aliyev sharply condemned theneocolonial policies of France.
The Moroccan media resources Mapexpress, Hespress, 2M, theQatari edition of Gulf Times, the Yemeni Pressbee, as well as theBahrain news agency reported that 700 people from more than 100countries are taking part in the 6th World Forum on InterculturalDialogue.
The media outlets noted that four plenary sessions and 12 panelsessions within the forum will discuss issues related to education,youth policy, climate change, artificial intelligence, preservationof cultural heritage, illegal migration, and other importanttopics.
The articles cite statements by President Ilham Aliyev, whonoted that Azerbaijan has been a place for cultures to meet forcenturies, and that the multicultural and ethnically diverseAzerbaijani society has managed to protect the most importantvalues throughout the centuries; values of tolerance, mutualrespect, friendship and partnership.
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