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19. EURASIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT PRESIDENTIAL SESSION: Longing for Cold War?

Thursday, April 21, 2016 - Read: 3068
19. EURASIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT PRESIDENTIAL SESSION: Longi

 

Being the moderator of the Session and having an Opening Speech, Dr. Suver expressed their happiness due to the beginning of the Summit, April 5, is also the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline. He mentioned the great endeavors of the three Presidents, Süleyman Demirel, 9th President of the Turkish Republic, Edward Schvarnadze, the Former President of Georgia and Haydar Aliyev Former President of Azerbaijan in order to actualize the project more than 10 years and expressed that they are commemorated in respect.

H.E. Marinko Cavara, President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Entering in the repeated state of Cold War is not that rarely mentioned, for some it is much more dangerous than that was the case with former experiences and occurrences. The experience of Second World War when chemical arsenals were used reminds us the devastating power of nuclear weapons. Despite the restrictions on nuclear, the lack of constant wish for protection from nuclear strike and the adventurism of the governments put burden.

H.E. Natsagiin Bagabandi, Former President of Mongolia. In his speech, he emphasized the issues of the climate change and environmental degradation. Climate change is a common global problem that concerns each of us. Thus, we ought to create a common effort, unity and solidarity to solve these common problems. I hope our intelligence and humanity will be enough to solve. He also mentioned the ongoing facilities and projects on renewable energy resources in Mongolia.

H.E. Petru Lucinschi, Former President of Moldova. He stated that an artificial war has been created. If we are the ones who endamage this order, then we need to restore it. We need to finish this war. Reminding the creation of hostility and polarization by the Cold War Era, Petru Lucinschi added that polarization give way to chaos. United Nations should raise voice, stop the war and pave the way for the reconstruction of those war throne countries. In my point of view,  there is no need for NATO. 

H.E. Stjepan Mesic, Former President of Croatia. In his speech, he pointed out the term of "refugee" instead of "migrant". He continued that the cause of this refugee crisis is politics or in other words the world politics which is devoid of almost any kind of principles. He advocated the idea that the problem also lies in noticeable marginalization of the United Nations and differentiation from the norms of international law. International community cannot escape from the responsibility to restore and rebuilt countries such as Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria in particular.

H.E. Valdis Zatlers, Former President of Latvia. Who are the responsible? Who are the responsible for the destruction in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Ukraine? Mentioning the ongoing hot war in Syria, Yemen, Ukraine and Iraq, Valdis Zatlers stated that the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is escalated and the intervention of Russia would lead to a disaster. However, these conflicts have never found itself a place in the United Nations.

H.E. Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania. It is evident that peace has not settled permanently after the disappearance of the bipolarity environment of the Cold War. The main enemies are no longer the empires or the armies, but underdevelopment, corruption, illicit financial markets, drugs and weapons traffic, transnational crime and terrorism. He stated that the necessity of government to be pragmatic in order to respond to the needs of its own citizens in the contemporary world.

H.E. Bamir Topi, Former President of Albania. The fall of walls that were constructed during the Cold War created a new relationship between people that believe in the value of democracy and the anti-values that device until this time. The terrorist act of September 11 changed completely the mood of thinking and the concept of the life in USA, Europe and more broadly. Today, the frontier has lost the importance and the value that they have before. Thus, the governments have understood the value of coordination and the unification of forces vs. terrorist dangers.

H.E. Ivo Josipovic, Former President of Croatia. Terrorist organizations and activities are particularly widespread and thriving in countries without economic and political stability, undemocratic countries, and countries with political violence and without respect for human rights. In many countries terrorism influences economy, especially tourism. It is demotivating investments, particularly foreign investments. Fear of terrorism changes our culture, our way of living, the entire political and economic situation and democratic standards. We can fight terrorism only by destroying its sources of finance.

H.E. Gjorge Ivanov, President of Macedonia. During the bloc division of the Cold War, there were two key global state actors. Today, in our multi polar world, there are many more global actors, both state and non state. If during the Cold War, the balance of fear used to contribute to some kind of stability, today, intimidation by non state actors such as transnational terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime introduce an even greater instability. Instead of international order, today we have a global disorder. In the 21st century, a new force awakens – global citizenship – global demos. This new force demands attention and respect for the opportunities it holds.

H.E. Mustafa Akıncı, President of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The official data of the last 2 years has shown that, around 10.000 people were drowned while attempting to reach to EU shores. The unrecorded figures are estimated higher than this number. According to the data of EU Police, 10.000 children are still lost. The number of people who lost their lives due to terrorism across the world according to the Global Terrorism Index has increased by 80 percent in the last 15 years. Encountering with terrorism in the countries have refugee problems intensively, should not be interpreted in such a way that people who had to flee from their countries are potential terrorists.