SECOND AZERI WORLD CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS CONCEPT OF AZERI DIASPORA ACTIVITIES – NAZIM IBRAHIMOV
Author: S.Agayeva
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
March 9 2006
Foreign guests invited for the participation in the second conference
on “Azeris from around the world due on 16 March have started arriving
to Baku, Trend reports citing the chairman of State committee working
with Azerbaijanis living abroad, Nazim Ibrahimov, as stating on
Thursday.
He stated, that up to 600 foreign guests and 650 delegates from
Azerbaijan will take part in the conference. Former ambassadors of
foreign countries to Azerbaijan, Nobel family members, delegations
from foreign parliaments, officials, leaders of Azeri, Turkish and
Jewish Diasporas will be among the guests.
Ibrahimov stated, that the conference that will take place on March
16 from 11.00 till 19.00 would host 170 media representatives. The
State Committee will later suggest holding the conferences
on ‘Azeris from around the world’ every five years. Conference will
review the statement on Nagorno-Karabakh, addressing statement to the
international community regarding Nagorno-Karabakh, statement to the
Azeri living abroad and to Turkish-Azeri Diaspora aimed to strengthen
the unity.
Conference will discuss establishment of a Special Work Group aimed
at preparing the concept of Azeri Diaspora activity and working out
common strategy for Azeri-Turkish Diaspora. Ibrahimov also noted
that all expenditures concerning the conference will be covered at
the expense of the public budget.