Azerbaijan participating in Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China

The 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum under the theme "Promoting Peace for a Shared Future" is underway in China.

The opening ceremony was held on September 13. Co-organised by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense and the Academy of Military Science, the event features officials from over 100 countries and international organisations, as well as representatives from think tanks, senior military leaders, and esteemed security experts, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media.

Azerbaijan is represented by a delegation led by Deputy Defence Minister Agil Gurbanov.

The 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, scheduled from September 12 to September 14 in the golden autumn of Beijing, is being attended by more than 500 representatives from official delegations of more than 100 countries and international organizations, in addition to over 200 Chinese and foreign experts and scholars.  More than 30 defense ministers and military chiefs will attend the meeting alongside high-ranking officials from international and regional organizations. The number and level of participants has exceeded all previous years with increasingly wider representation, according to the event's organizer.

Multiple high-end interviews took place on the first day of the forum, not only focusing on regional security such as the security in the Asia-Pacific, China-US relations and the security in Europe, but also gave global perspectives in terms of the Global Security Initiative, the Global South and international rules. Young military officers and scholars from many countries also got a chance to hold a seminar to discuss approaches to addressing international conflicts, while leading experts had a dialogue on AI security.