A few days ago, the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora organized a visit to Shusha by representatives of the Diaspora living abroad.
72 representatives from 24 countries took part in the visit, which was tried to keep secret from the public.
Until now, the visits of people from all walks of life to Shusha have been widely covered in the media, but the visits of Diaspora representatives have been kept secret, and according to our information, the delegates have been instructed to share as little as possible about this visit.
Ilham Ismayilov, chairman of the Center for Cooperation of Azerbaijanis and Other Turkic-Speaking Peoples, who has been working in the field of diaspora in Azerbaijan for many years, said that as an organization, we learned about the visit of the State Committee for Work with Diaspora only from individual diaspora representatives. According to our information, they were invited to Azerbaijan by the Committee. The visit was planned in advance and representatives of the diaspora were invited. .
Ilham Ismayilov said that the main representatives of our diaspora, who for many years promoted the truth of Azerbaijan in European political centers, fought for the recognition of the Khojaly genocide, were not invited to Shusha. Sahil Gasimov, President of the European Congress of Azerbaijanis, who promotes the truth of Azerbaijan on his own account without any interest,
Chairman of the Azerbaijan-Belgium Friendship Society - Ayhan Demirci, Chairman of the Dutch-Azerbaijani Turkish Cultural Association - Ilhan Ashkin, Chairman of the Strasbourg Azerbaijan House - Mustafa Alinja, Chairman of the Istanbul-Turkey-Azerbaijan Association - Safar Garagoyunlu, Chairman of the Finnish-Azerbaijani Women's Society - Arzu Ogtay, Italy "Azerbaijan" Chairman of the Cultural Association - Mais Nuriyev, Chairman of the Assembly of Azerbaijanis of Brabant Province - Ofelya Babayeva, Chairman of the Congress of Azerbaijani Communities in Belarus - Natig Bagirov, Chairman of the United Ukrainian Azerbaijanis Congress - Rovshan Tagiyev, Chairman of the Benelux Azerbaijanis Congress - Elsevar Mammadov, President of Finnish Azerbaijanis Asoss - Vasif Muradli and many of our diaspora representatives were not invited to visit Shusha. In general, I can say that many of these people were treated coldly during Fuad Muradov's presidency of the Committee. Today, the Committee wants to redraw the vision of the diaspora in accordance with its interests. However, ignoring the services of people who have a service, representatives of the diaspora, harms our common work. Today, the dissatisfaction between our diaspora organizations has reached its peak. "
Drawing attention to an important point, Ilham Ismayilov said that the President of Azerbaijan had been pursuing offensive diplomacy since 2007 and stressed the importance of the unity of the Azerbaijani-Turkish Diaspora. The statement also stressed the need for our diaspora organizations to work together in a consolidated manner. But, unfortunately, we can not talk about the Committee's cooperation with the Turkish Diaspora. Of course, this is unacceptable, and I hope that Fuad Muradov will make a breakthrough in the absence of such accusations. "

Zuleyxa