AzerTag, Azerbaijan
May 12 2005

AZERBAIJAN DIASPORA BECOMES MORE ACTIVE IN CANADA
[May 12, 2005, 15:06:32]

As was informed from the State Committee on Work with the
Azerbaijanis Living in Foreign Countries, employees of the Committee
were in official trip to Canada where have met representatives of the
Azerbaijan communities which are carrying out activity in the cities
of Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal.

In Canada, where are more than 60 thousand Azerbaijanis, some 10
Diaspora organizations are functioning. The Azerbaijan cultural and
educational center, Association of the Canada-Azerbaijan Cooperation,
Association of Azerbaijanis of Quebec, the Canada -Azerbaijan Chamber
of Commerce, Association of the Canadian Azerbaijanis, Association of
the Azerbaijan-Canadian friendship and other societies carry out
active work directed on bringing of the right voice of Azerbaijan up
to the public, the government and parliament of Canada, and also on
strengthening of links of our compatriots living here with
Motherland, regularly informing them on political processes in our
country.

Carrying out now activity in Canada, the Diaspora organizations
closely cooperate with local Turkish communities and media. Due to
this, the Azerbaijan cultural and educational center has achieved
opening in newspaper “Canada Turk’ of special page issued by large
circulation under the name `Voice of Caucasus’.

The Center has published in a number of newspapers and magazines of
Canada of numerous articles about the Azerbaijan realities, has
released a book titled `Azerbaijan: The Land of Hope’, narrating
about aggression of Armenia against the country. Besides Canada, this
book has been distributed in several countries of the world.

In the near future, it is stipulated to open the Azerbaijan Sunday
schools in Canada, carrying out of Days of Culture of Azerbaijan. The
State Committee will assist maintenance of these schools with
teaching aids.