The peace talks are held within the framework of the Geneva Peace Week from 6-10 November at the UN office in Geneva.
Peace talks are focused to support the peaceful initiatives aimed at conflicts resolution in different parts of the world.
The main issues on the agenda were: "Future Prospects for Peace", "The Role of Civil Society in Conflict Resolution: Challenges, Opportunities", "Capacity Building in Conflict Resolution", " Disaster Reduction or Conflicts Resolution", " Increase of local youth potential for conflicts resolution ", etc.The event was in the focus of the Swiss Peace Platform, the Swiss Foreign Ministry, the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Fund for Sustainable Development, UNHCR, UNDP, UNICEF, UNESCO, other UN agencies, multilateral transnational corporations, institutions and international organizations. President of the International Eurasia Press Fund Umud Mirzaev, Vice-President Ramil Azizov, Assistant to the President of the IEPF Anastasia Lavrina, Permanent Representative of the IEPF at the UN Office in Geneva Michael Montafi, President of the International Organization for Sustainable Energy (ISEO) Gustav Grob and the Secretary General of this organization Abdulreza Metghalchi participated in the negotiations. On November 7, the representative of the IEPF in Geneva Michael Montafi spoke at the event "Preventing Conflicts Through Intercultural Dialogue - The Example of Azerbaijan".
It should be noted that the event was organized by the The European Azerbaijan Society Foundation (TEAS), Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations.
Michael Montafi spoke about the multicultural values of Azerbaijan, the ancient traditions of peaceful coexistence.
He said that he believes in the prospects of civil peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"The peace platform is a good way to peace formation between the Azerbaijani and Armenian communities living together for many years."
"Life in different territories should not be a threat to territorial integrity, and separatist challenges are contrary to international law and all international norms and rules," Gustav Grob added in turn.G. Grob spoke about the role of civil society in conflict resolution and, above all, the importance of the liberation of the occupied territories for conflict resolution.
Participating in discussions on the role of civil society in promoting peace, the president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) spoke about the double standards that international organizations demonstrate in the resolution of the Karabakh conflict."Two parties are involved in global conflicts. On the one hand, there are the occupiers, on the other hand, there are the victims of the occupation. Unfortunately, despite negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there have been no serious decisions taken for over 20 years to resolve the conflict," - Umud Mirzaev said.Speaking at the meeting organized by the United Nations, the Vice-President of IFPE gave a speech on the role of impartial information in conflict resolution on "Capacity Building in Conflict Resolution: Adapted to Nonviolent Disagreements". Ramil Azizov urged UN agencies to support the peaceful platforms of civil society.
Within the framework of the event, Umud Mirzayev met and discussed the the prospects for the resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict with the head of the Swiss Peace Platform, Professor Laurent Goetschel, the Programme director of the Berghof Foundation Oliver Wils, executive coordinator of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform Achim Wennmann, member of the Executive Body of the Peace Platform Jenny Aulin and with others civil society representatives. During the discussions, civil society organizations expressed interest in the platform's activities.
Note that the Geneva Week of Peace with the participation of various parties is still ongoing.