Hikmet Hajiyev: Azerbaijan has made significant contributions to the development of Global South countries

“As the Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement and COP29, Azerbaijan has made a major contribution to the development of Global South countries and the strengthening of cooperation with them. We have established comprehensive cooperation with the countries of the Global South at both bilateral and multilateral levels. However, we must also acknowledge that we live in a world of global disorder,” said Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, during his speech at the first General Assembly of the Global South NGO Platform held as part of “Baku Urban Week.”

According to him, new threats, challenges, and uncertainties are emerging.

“Unfortunately, throughout history, when a new global order was being formed, the Global South was not at the table. Especially after World War II, the voice of the Global South was not heard. The world was shaped without the participation, involvement, and cooperation of the South. Given the currently integrated potential and the fact that 80 percent of the world’s population lives in Southern countries, we should not merely be observers in the formation of the new world order. Southern countries must actively participate in all its processes and initiatives,” Hikmet Hajiyev emphasized.