00:00Azebaijani President Ilham Aliyev says global stability won't be achieved in the coming
00:06months or even years as the world enters a new order.
00:10Euronews spoke to President Aliyev on the sidelines of the 12th Global Baku Forum.
00:16We're seeing a lot of geopolitical changes around the world.
00:20Where do you stand on the significant ones that we're seeing, especially around this
00:24region?
00:25Well, in the region, of course, it's important to protect the region from any crises around
00:32us.
00:33Unfortunately, the region of Southern Caucasus for decades was an area of confrontation
00:39and hostility.
00:40So now we have relatively quiet periods, so we need to concentrate on that, to build security
00:50mechanisms that will be inclusive, to eliminate any threat of another military confrontation,
01:00and to try to live in a neighborhood as we used to in the times of Soviet Union.
01:07Yes, we were not independent countries.
01:09We could not actually plan our future.
01:13We were largely dependent on the Soviet center.
01:17But at least there was active interaction between the Southern Caucasian republics.
01:24So we have this experience and we need to just keep it in our mind.
01:31Aliyev was not, however, optimistic about the concept of lasting peace, particularly with regard
01:36to Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
01:40In terms of your vision for the future, where do you see this global stability going eventually?
01:48Do you think we will achieve it?
01:49Yes, I prefer to be realistic.
01:53I don't think that we will achieve stability in the coming months or even coming years.
02:00And if we talk about a war between Russia and Ukraine, even if the war stops, it is not
02:08a guarantee that it will not erupt again.
02:10I mean, we had a time for almost 30 years when we had ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan
02:18and Armenia, which was achieved spring 1994.
02:21But that didn't mean that war ended, it just transformed.
02:27And the war only ends when you have peace agreement.
02:31Even now, after almost five years since the Second Karabakh War, we don't have peace deal
02:37with Armenia.
02:37Yes, we have a quiet period, no casualties, and this is a big advantage of today's situation.
02:44But until peace agreement is signed, the stability is not here."
02:48More than 300 world leaders from over 60 countries have gathered at the forum, where they will spend
02:54the next few days exploring solutions to address global challenges in health, conflict and the
03:00economy.
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