BAKU: Azerbaijani diaspora will considerably develop and strengthen

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 30 2008

Azerbaijani diaspora will considerably develop and strengthen next
year: State Committee
30.12.08 12:31

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 30/ Trend News, J. Babayeva/ Nazim Ibrahimov,
chief of the State Committee for Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan, is
sure that the next year will mark a considerable development and
strengthening of Azerbaijani diaspora.

`Next year the Azerbaijani diaspora will get actively involved in the
public and political life of country where it is represented. Serious
changes are impossible in diaspora activities as it requires
systematic approach. The efforts yield results only several years
later,’ Ibrahimov said to reporters.

December 31 is a Solidarity Day of World Azerbaijanis.

2008 was very successful for Azerbaijani diaspora, he said. `Every
outgoing year can be considered successful for Azerbaijani
diaspora. Azerbaijani diaspora is developing and organizational work
has completed. Significant changes take place in daily life of
diasporas. Every diaspora organization began to get actively involved
in public and political life of the country it represents,’ he noted.

`Even Armenian websites highlighted efforts of the Azerbaijani
diaspora after meeting of the Coordinating Council of World
Azerbaijanis was held in Baku. It indicates that strengthening of
diaspora is on a right path. The diaspora has united around Azerbaijan
and policy of President and it informs the world about Azerbaijan’s
realities,’ he said.

If diaspora keeps on developing in this direction, it will be more
united around Azerbaijan in the coming years, Ibrahimov said.