UN Secretary-General will attend the Global Forum in Baku

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Baku to participate in the Seventh Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations, which will be held April 25-27, said organizers of the event. According to the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan, the forum will be attended by more than 2.5 thousand visitors from 120 countries, including a number of heads of states. At present it is known about the arrival of the President of Turkey, and Iranian Foreign Minister.

During the Global Forum will take place meeting of state dignitaries and about 30 sessions.  The adoption of the Baku Declaration is  expected. Meanwhile, the Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling on the participants of the Global Forum to condemn the actions of Baku in Karabakh in early April.

* Alliance of Civilizations  is  a Movement, created in 2005 at  the initiative of Spanish Prime Ministers of Turkey and to prevent polarization in the world; it has the status of "political initiative of UN Secretary General." Itsgoal is to support intercultural dialogue and cooperation at both the intergovernmental and public level. -02D-