POLITICS
AZERBAIJAN DIASPORA BECAME ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN THE LIFE OF RUSSIA
“For rather short period, she has noted, the All-Russia Azerbaijan Congress managed to adjust very effective system of work of the Azerbaijan Diaspora in Moscow, and without pretentiousness and excessive grandiosity that is very important. The Azerbaijan Congress began to create effective and rather successful system of interaction of Diaspora with the state, public, cultural organizations of Russia. They managed to involve serious experts in the work and as a result, now, if to look at potential of the Azerbaijan Diaspora in Moscow, it qualitatively differs that was 5 years ago. It is enormous potential ”, Ms. Poloskova underlined.
As she said, those positive promotions in the Russian - Azerbaijan relations, which are observed, now, is in many respects also a merit of the Azerbaijan Diaspora of Moscow. T. Poloskova has noted that AAC works on result, and it would be interesting to Russian structures to exchange with it experience. She also has noted that, in opinion of many experts, the following step in work of AAC could become optimization of expert dialogue between Russia and Azerbaijan. “There are such themes and ideas which to the state structures to mention are not conveniently, and experts from Azerbaijan and Russia such ideas can sound in our mutual relations including on Diaspora to a theme which for the state would be important and could become one of the elements of state policy ”, she said.
Tatyana Poloskova also informed that to many CIS states, including Russia, have to learn at Azerbaijan in the field of a policy of work with the compatriots living abroad. In this connection, she has named effective enough tool of the State Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic on work with the Azerbaijanis living abroad. As she said, it is, in general, a unique organization, and there is no second such in all the post-Soviet space. T. Poloskova has emphasized that in opinion of the majority of experts, it is necessary to create uniform coordination body in Russia, similar to the State Committee of Azerbaijan.