POLITICS
DELEGATION OF ESTONIA MET WITH CHAIRMAN OF STATE COMMITTEE ON AFFAIRS OF AZERBAIJANIS LIVING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
The latter noted that over 50 mln Azerbaijanis are living today in 70 countries, and the Committee founded by the Decree of national leader of Azerbaijan late President Heydar Aliyev is commissioned to be a coordinating body for uniting compatriots to solve a lot of existing problems. One of the today’s most important issues the State Committee is now engaged in is to create an Azerbaijani lobby in the countries of their residence.
Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Mr. Nazim Ibrahimov described it as most complicated and acute problem of the country. Twenty percent of our lands are under Armenian occupation and over one million people are refugees. As he stressed strategic goal of Azerbaijan is integration into the European structures, and Estonian experience is very important for us, he said.
Head of the Estonian delegation Marco Michelson noted for his part that Estonia as a former Soviet country is well aware of the problems of the newly independent states, and can share its experience concerning integration into Europe.
We are successfully cooperating with delegations of the Azerbaijani parliamentarians in the Council of Europe and other international structures, he said.