Civil society representatives plan to meet with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister

Baku / 04.02.19 / Turan: Today at the International Press Center A round table was organized today at the International Press Center.

The theme was: "Preparing nations for the world: problems of the past and present," which was organized by the Society for Humanitarian Research.

The head of this NGO AvazHasanov noted, on January 16, 2019 after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Paris, a statement was distributed about the need to prepare the peoples of the two countries for peace.

This step can give a serious impetus to the settlement process, the development of regional security and sustainable regional development.

The Chairperson of the DilaraAliyeva Women's Rights Protection Society Novella Jafaroglu stated the importance of conducting a dialogue on the road to peace for the peoples.

She stressed the need for civil society representatives to coordinate their activities in the field of peaceful construction.

She offered to organize in the near future a meeting of representatives of civil society and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Political analyst Rauf Rajabli noted that alternative to a peaceful settlement.

During the event, representatives of civil society shared the experience previously acquired by representatives of civil society from Azerbaijan and Armenia.Independent journalist AsafGuliyev said that representatives of civil society have rich experience in this area, which can be involved in the process of peaceful construction.

A member of the Press Council, AzerHasret, said that after the meeting of foreign ministers, the importance of preparing societies for peace increases. "The peace must be explained to both societies. It is necessary to take steps to eliminate aggressive relations in both societies,"saidHasrat.

Rauf Zeyni, president of the National Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations, said that in the conditions when Azerbaijan suffered more losses and 1 million citizens are refugees and internally displaced persons, it will not be easy to explain the need for peace to the country's population.

"The continuation of the occupation reduces the confidence of our citizens in the world," he said.

Coordinator of the Azerbaijan-Armenia Civil Platform, DilaraEfendiyeva, spoke about the contribution of the peace platform to the normalization of relations between the two peoples. She noted that the platform of the peace has the potential to accelerate the "melting of ice" between the two countries through steps aimed at reducing tensions between nations.

Human rights activist SaadatBananyarlysaid that "achieving peace should be a condition for the restoration of justice."The chairman of the Human Rights Bureau, SaidaGojamanly, expects people to be more careful in the negotiation process.

"People who have been expelled from their homeland are hoping to return to their homes as a final result," she said.ZaurShiriyev, an analyst at the International Crisis Group and a representative of the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Johanna Ketola, stressed the importance of properly assessing the role of civil society in the peace process and using their capabilities. - 06D--