The IV Global Baku Forum titled “Towards a Multipolar World” has started its work March 10.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated and welcomed the guests at the event.

"First of all, I'd like to welcome you all to Azerbaijan, I am very glad that Baku Global Forum becomes a good tradition."

He thanked the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, its board, its co-chairs, madame Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, mister Ismail Serageldin for transforming, in a very short period of time, the center into a world-scale international institution.

The president noted that the forum today will discuss broad issues of international agenda.

"The topics of discussions are very important to all of us, the whole mankind," the president added. "

"I am sure that the guests at the forum will contribute valuable thoughts to the cause of peace, security, predictability in the world," he said.

Ilham Aliyev added that every international forum, its level, mainly depends on the list of its participants, heads of states and governments, prominent politicians, public figures, experts.

"Therefore, this shows the level of discussions that we will have today and tomorrow," he said.