Top Official: Developing Azerbaijan helps Georgia - PHOTOS

Along with its development Azerbaijan helps Georgia, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov said at a two-day conference "Azerbaijan - the twentieth year since the restoration of national independence", which began in Batumi Sunday on the occasion of 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan.

"The Azerbaijan Republic, state officials, and citizens are all concerned about the development of Georgia. They are also interested in the welfare of Azerbaijanis residing in Georgia, as well as all citizens of this country," Hasanov said.

Attending the event were Chairman of State Committee for Diaspora Nazim Ibrahimov, Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) Elmira Suleymanova, MP Ganira Pashayeva, Musa Gasimov, and Gular Ahmedova. Georgian State Minister for Diaspora Affairs Mirza (Papuna) Davitaia and governor of Kvemo-Kartli region David Kirkitadze, Consul General of Azerbaijan to Batumi Hussein Najaf are also participating in the conference.

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Armenia has lagged behind economic, political and social development in the South Caucasus becoming victim of its separatist intentions and ambitions, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Social and Political Department Chief Ali Hasanov told journalists in Batumi on Sunday.

The South Caucasus is the region, where happiness and prosperity of one nation cannot be built on another’s unhappiness. The profound development of one nation and tough status of another is very hard for the South Caucasus," Hasanov added.

Unity of the South Caucasus cannot be the question unless ethnic conflicts are resolved in the region, he underscored.

"The Armenians should abandon their separatist claims to ensure development of the South Caucasus. The forces causing other conflicts in the South Caucasus should abandon their claims, and the South Caucasus peoples should ensure their future," Hasanov said.

"They are carried out at a state level, and by non-governmental organizations, as well as at various regional levels. The Azerbaijanis residing here should know the Georgian language to become an integral part of the Georgian community and to be represented in state agencies and electoral authorities. Institutions should be created to unite the Azerbaijanis residing here. We want the Azerbaijanis residing here to support the Georgian community in hard times, as well as benefit successes and achievements of Georgia. In addition to being noble citizens of their country, we want them to contribute to the development of this country," he underlined.


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