00:00Азербайджан now highly contributes
00:01to enhancing this international cooperation
00:03between the relevant stakeholders
00:05and the relevant member states
00:07in order to enhance their existing bilateral
00:10cooperation, learn from each other
00:12and build upon the existing trust.
00:17The Baku Security Forum has become one of the
00:20world's largest platforms, bringing
00:22together senior officials from security
00:24and intelligence services.
00:26I'm very much confident
00:28that this forum
00:30will have many spin-off follow-up
00:32by relevant member states here.
00:35There are many bilateral meetings taking place.
00:37They may not be able to
00:38or they may not need to always address
00:40all issues, but they all have one thing
00:42in common. They know that
00:44fighting terrorism, countering terrorism, is a common
00:46responsibility to all, irrespective
00:48of the different political
00:50or operational views.
00:53Azerbaijan's official
00:54position on security was outlined
00:56at the event.
00:58Azerbaijan considers
01:00ensuring international peace
01:02and security, strengthening
01:04mutual trust among states
01:06and expanding cooperation
01:07among its key priorities.
01:10Our country attaches
01:12great importance
01:13to promoting dialogue
01:14on security issues
01:16and expanding mutually beneficial
01:18cooperation through various
01:19international and regional platforms.
01:23The organization of the Baku Security Forum
01:26serves these objectives
01:27by creating conditions
01:29for identifying concrete avenues
01:31of cooperation
01:32and further strengthening
01:34mutual trust.
01:35The forum has grown year on year
01:38with increasing participation
01:39and international interest.
01:41The importance lies mainly
01:43on the fact that
01:45this forum
01:46collects and brings together
01:49a big variety of services
01:51from countries with
01:53different ideology,
01:54different mentality,
01:55different civilization,
01:56but sharing
01:57some concrete concerns.
02:01The reality is that
02:03many of today's
02:04biggest security threats
02:05do not simply stop
02:07at national borders
02:07because of the nature
02:08of the types of attacks
02:10changing with technology.
02:11A cyber attack, for example,
02:13can originate
02:14thousands of kilometers away.
02:16Terror networks
02:17can operate
02:18across continents
02:19and technology
02:21is changing both the nature
02:22and speed
02:23of those threats.
02:25It's recognized
02:26that terrorist groups
02:27are taking advantage
02:27of current conflict situations
02:29in different parts
02:30of the world.
02:31The event is important.
02:33It comes at a very
02:33important moment.
02:34Over the past two decades,
02:36the international community
02:37has really been able
02:39to make a significant progress
02:42in countering terrorism.
02:43Major terrorist groups
02:45have suffered
02:45significant territorial losses.
02:53The forum also featured
02:55a side event
02:55jointly organized
02:56by Azerbaijan's
02:57State Security Service
02:58and the UN Office
03:00of Counterterrorism,
03:01focusing on strengthening
03:02national counterterrorism
03:03capabilities
03:04through operational partnerships.
03:06So how can
03:07international cooperation
03:09help?
03:10First of all,
03:11diplomacy of security.
03:13Non-traditional partners
03:14in security,
03:15now they have to work together.
03:17So you need
03:18a diplomacy of security
03:20like this forum
03:21to put non-traditional
03:23partners
03:24to work together.
03:25This is critical.
03:27This is a key element
03:29in advanced counterterrorism.
03:31Discussions highlighted
03:32the need for effective
03:33national and international
03:34coordination
03:34in addressing
03:35emerging terrorist threats
03:37linked to modern technologies,
03:38as well as the importance
03:39of the counterterrorism
03:41information exchange system
03:42developed under
03:43the Baku Security Forum.
03:44I think in today's
03:46world's perspective,
03:48security is really
03:49a great concern
03:49to all the countries
03:50and a single country
03:53cannot really fight
03:54against terrorism alone.
03:56So we need
03:57to assist each other
03:58and that's why
03:59I think this is
04:00a good platform
04:01where we all
04:02can share our views
04:03and also share
04:04our experience
04:05so that how best
04:06we can counter
04:07the terrorism
04:08and violent extremism.
04:10Making cooperation work
04:12when a crisis hits
04:13is a challenge
04:14and one of the main aims
04:16of this forum
04:16is to bring
04:17these agencies together.
04:19Security threats
04:20have a habit
04:21of evolving quickly
04:22and another thread here
04:23is to encourage countries
04:25to work together
04:26to combat
04:27those future attacks.
04:29Well, I think
04:30the main thing
04:31is getting together
04:32because I think
04:33that no nation alone
04:35can handle
04:36this type of threat
04:36in the way it should.
04:38So it's very important
04:39to have this type
04:40of meetings
04:41in order to see
04:42what's happening
04:42in the cyber environment
04:44or cyber dominion.
04:46The main themes
04:47which came out of Baku
04:48were clear
04:49that national
04:50and international security
04:51is now unavoidably
04:52dependent on collaboration,
04:54communication
04:55and coordination.
04:58to be continued...
