Former Latvian president attends South Caucasus Forum

Former Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga has attended the 1th South Caucasus Forum held in Baku, Trend reports.

In her address the former Latvian president ucalled on international organizations to come up with a more thorough approach to dealing with refugees and internally displaced persons.

"I was one of the seven million people who was forcibly displaced during the Second World War. We were forced to live in an alien atmosphere. World leaders should not allow the persecution of people," Vaira Vike-Freiberga is quoted as saying by Trend.

"We believe that the EU and the UN will acquire a more thorough approach to this issue," she said.