Baku forum to discuss global challenges

HE the Minister of Culture Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad al-Thani participated in the 9th edition of the Baku World Forum, which was inaugurated by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. The forum, which is held under the slogan 'Challenges of the Global World Order', will discuss the most prominent international issues at the present time, especially the Coronavirus pandemic and its repercussions, the Russian-Ukrainian war, energy, food supplies, international market turmoil, climate change, and ways to find solutions to these issues. A number of current and former heads of state, government, parliament and ministers, most notably the presidents of Bosnia, Albania and Georgia, the prime ministers of Bulgaria and Palestine, the Secretary-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom, the Director of the United Nations Office in Geneva, and other international figures will participate in the forum sessions this year. HE the minister of culture arrived in Baku, yesterday, to attend the forum. (QNA)