Baku-Shusha International Forum kicks off

The Baku-Shusha International Forum of the heads of state agencies responsible for the Diaspora of the Organisation of Turkic States has kicked off.

The event is held with the assistance of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with the Diaspora in partnership with the Organisation of Turkic States, Report informs.

A joint action plan for the diaspora and a strategy for the activity of the participating organisations for 2023 is being discussed at the forum.

Chairman of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with the Diaspora Fuad Muradov, Head of the Department on Turks and Kindred Peoples Living Abroad of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Abdulla Eren, Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation of Turkic States Yerzhan Mukash, Secretary General for the Hungarian National Policy Arpad Janos Potapi, Chairman of the National Commission for the Kyrgyz Language and Language Policy under the President of Kyrgyzstan Kanybek Osmonaliev, Chairman of the Committee on Interethnic Relations and Friendly Cooperation with Foreign Countries under the Uzbek Cabinet of Ministers Rustambek Kurbanov, Head of the International Department of the Kazakh Otandastar Foundation Kalybek Koblandin, Head of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Kemal Koprulu are taking part in the event.

The views on important projects aimed at the integration of the Turkic diasporas, the intensification of cultural and humanitarian cooperation among the member states of the Organisation of Turkic States, the importance of cooperation among diaspora organisations, the opportunity for Turkic communities living outside the homeland to receive education in their native language, etc. will be exchanged at the forum.

The memorandums of understanding among the relevant organisations of Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan are expected to be signed within the forum.

The forum will continue its activity on December 21 in the cultural capital of Azerbaijan and the Turkic world – Shusha city.