Ensuring peace, stability and security in the world is a shared responsibility of all states.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports that President Ilham Aliyev made the remarks in an address to participants of the 4th Baku Security Forum.
He said the scale and threatening nature of modern challenges require stronger mutual cooperation and the adoption of flexible, coordinated approaches:
"This is because the concept of security is no longer limited by the borders of individual states. A crisis or hotspot of tension emerging in any region can affect other regions within a short period, undermine political and economic stability as well as energy and food security, and cause serious disruptions to transport and communication links. Terrorism and extremism, transnational organized crime, illegal arms and drug trafficking, cybercrime and other cross-border threats are also becoming more complex by exploiting precisely this interconnectedness."
The Baku Security Forum brings together representatives and experts to discuss international and regional security challenges and ways to strengthen cooperation.
