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Baku hosts first meeting of Azerbaijanis working for international organizations

17 March 2014 08:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Konul Kamilgizi – APA. The first meeting of the Azerbaijanis working in international organizations has today started in Baku.

APA reports that the meeting is attended by about 50 Azerbaijani citizens working for the United Nations organisations, Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking Countries, International Organization for Migration and offices of other organizations in different countries.

The event aims at creating a systematic approach and single center of the Azerbaijani citizens with international work experiences to ensure their active participation in the development process of the country. The creation of a single database covering detailed information about the Azerbaijanis working for international organizations, establishment and application of regular coordination mechanisms among them and other issues are being discussed at the meeting.

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov delivered a speech at the plenary session on “Current situation and future development prospects of Azerbaijani staff working for international organizations”. He spoke about the role of international organizations in international relations, geopolitical processes in the international arena, position of Azerbaijan in this system as an independent state and stated that the Head of State has always supported such initiatives.”