New-York hosts meeting of Turkic-Speaking diasporas

American city New- York hosted a training program to improve the potential of the Turkic-Speaking diasporas.

Report informs that the program was held on the organization of the State Committee on Work with the Diaspora of Azerbaijan.

The program included presentations of diaspora structures of the Member States of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States (Turkic Council). Deputy Secretary General of the Turkic Council Gismat Gozalov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Diaspora Valeh Hajiyev, Consul General of Turkey in New York, Alper Aktaş, Consul General of Kazakhstan in New York Zhanibek Abdrashov, Chairman of the State Migration Service of Kyrgyzstan Bolotbek Ibraimjanov and other representatives of the Turkic States delivered speeches and informed about the ongoing diaspora policy, the importance of uniting and strengthening the coordination between the Turkic-Speaking diasporas all over the world.

Various proposals in this direction were made during the meeting.

The meeting was followed by "Nasimi Evening" dedicated to the 650th anniversary of the great poet Imadaddin Nasimi.