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20 Azeri children visit Moscow

09 August 2007 13:14 (UTC +04:00)

20 Azeri children have visited Moscow, APAâ€™s Eastern Asia bureau reports.
Azerbaijani children visited Moscow, the capital of Russia in the framework of the program organized by Russian community in Azerbaijan and â€œAzerrosâ€ Federal National-Cultural Autonomy of Russian Azerbaijanis.
The head of the delegation Lyubov Gribova said that they have already been living in Azerbaijan 6 generations.
â€œOur grandfathers, fathers, mothers and now children and grandchildren are living in this rich land. We do not lose our contact with Russia at the same time,â€ she said.
Azerbaijani delegation visited places of interest of Moscow after having meeting in Azerros.
Representative of Moscow House of Compatriots for Azerbaijan Victor Tatarenko said Russian community in Azerbaijan is the organization which is uniting 170 thousand people.
â€œWe will implement project â€œWelcome, Moscowâ€ together with Azerros. Children participating in the project have been selected by regional departments of Russian community in Azerbaijan,â€ he said. /APA/