BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. Negative rhetoric
against international cooperation slows down the resolution of many
global issues, former Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov said,
Trend reports.
He made the remark at the panel discussion “Beyond Negotiations:
The Fight for COP Sustainability” as part of the 13th Global Baku
Forum on "Bridging Divides in a World in Transition."
"It is necessary to strengthen the principle of public safety in
planning and management. This principle is well known, it has been
tested for decades, and is characterized by the growing
participation of national governments, business, civil society, as
well as transnational networks of these participants. This means
more active international cooperation and a categorical fight
against populist tendencies directed against multilateralism," he
said.
Stoyanov noted that such populism directly contradicts the needs
of millions of people. According to him, millions of people are
currently suffering from wars, and when people are thinking about
survival, the idea of reducing greenhouse gas emissions seems
irrelevant to them.
