Erdogan to attend Turkic states' convention
About 550 delegates and visitors from 30 countries have been
invited to the three-day event to be held on the initiative of
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the State Committee on Work
with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad said.
President Aliyev and former Turkish president Suleyman Demirel as well as high-ranking government officials of Turkic states will also participate in the congress, the goal of which is to boost friendly ties and cooperation as well as to ensure exchange of information among Turkic states and communities. Representatives of Turkic communities of Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Northern Cyprus and Greece will attend. MPs, NGO leaders from the Americas, Siberia and Middle East as well as those of influential Azerbaijani and Turkish communities in foreign countries have been invited as well.
The participants will exchange views on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, ways of extricating Northern Cyprus from international isolation, living standards of Turks in Iraq and Afghanistan, and obstacles for the return of Ahiska Turks to their native lands.
The attendees are expected to adopt a statement condemning resolution 106 calling the 1915 alleged mass killings of Armenians as "genocide", which was passed recently by the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.
President Aliyev and former Turkish president Suleyman Demirel as well as high-ranking government officials of Turkic states will also participate in the congress, the goal of which is to boost friendly ties and cooperation as well as to ensure exchange of information among Turkic states and communities. Representatives of Turkic communities of Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Northern Cyprus and Greece will attend. MPs, NGO leaders from the Americas, Siberia and Middle East as well as those of influential Azerbaijani and Turkish communities in foreign countries have been invited as well.
The participants will exchange views on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh, ways of extricating Northern Cyprus from international isolation, living standards of Turks in Iraq and Afghanistan, and obstacles for the return of Ahiska Turks to their native lands.
The attendees are expected to adopt a statement condemning resolution 106 calling the 1915 alleged mass killings of Armenians as "genocide", which was passed recently by the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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