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Ali Hasanov: Legal framework has been established in Azerbaijan for the protection of the rights of the national minorities, ethnic groups

16 June 2011 09:14 (UTC +04:00)

Each national minority contributes to the world culture,â€ Deputy Prime Minister, chairman of the State Committee on Deals of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons Ali Hasanov said at the 9th International Conference of Ombudsmen in Baku, APA reports.

Noting that Azerbaijan is a tolerant country Ali Hasanov said over 380 religious communities have been registered in the country, 31 of them are non-Islamic religious communities.
â€œAll religions have places for praying in our country. Religious communities are functioning freely. National minorities preserve historical, national cultural examples. Ambassadors of foreign countries to Azerbaijan also witness this. National minorities have cultural centers in Azerbaijan. Even an Armenian church is preserved in Baku. Armenians themselves saw it. They saw that the church is preserved as a library. One of the Armenians said some of the books in this library can not be found even in Armenia. But Armenia destroyed all our cultural monuments, religious places,â€ he said.

Deputy Prime Minister said much has been done in Azerbaijan in the field of migration, Migration Code is being prepared. He also noted that along with internal migrants - refugees in Azerbaijan, there are migrants from other states in the country. Deputy Prime Minister said there were 12 000 migrants from other countries in Azerbaijan ten years ago, now their number fell to 2500.