BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 21. We will continue to do everything to help the Azerbaijanis who have found themselves cut off from our state, to assist them in their development so that they preserve the Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani traditions, Azerbaijani culture, remain true to the principles of Azerbaijanism and never cut off ties with their historical homeland, just as many representatives of other peoples of our fraternal Turkic states live outside their states, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said receiving Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States Baghdad Amreyev, Trend reports.
"The relations with all Turkic-speaking countries are a priority
for us. I am sure that the upcoming summit in Samarkand will once
again confirm our unity. We must rally even closer around common
interests especially in the current geopolitical situation,
proceeding from the need for mutual support, for the strengthening
of independence and sovereignty of our states, and in order to fill
our cooperation with specific content. In this case, in addition to
political interaction, I think one of the important areas in the
coming years will be cooperation in the field of strengthening
security measures. Since the world is changing and has already
changed, new threats and new challenges are already knocking at the
door, so to speak. Therefore, along with economic cooperation,
cooperation in transport, humanitarian and other areas will be one
of the priorities, I think. For my part, I want to say that
Azerbaijan will continue to do everything to strengthen the unity
of the Turkic world. This is a great heritage of our ancestors. The
Turkic world, unfortunately, has been fragmented over the course of
various stages of history, and now there are still issues that
require our attention and a well-concerted policy. Within the
framework of national states, the states of the Turkic world are
already united.
The Turkic world, of course, is much broader than the borders of
national member states of the Organization of Turkic States.
Therefore, I am sure that our humanitarian ties, contacts between
people, with representatives of Turkic-speaking peoples living on a
vast geography will also be in demand in the future. In any case,
we, for our part, will do everything to strengthen the unity among
countries of our organization, support our brothers living in
various countries of the world, and we are talking of tens of
millions of our blood brothers. There are many more Azerbaijanis
living outside Azerbaijan than in the country alone. Of course,
their security, their rights and well-being are of the utmost
importance to us. We will continue to do everything to help the
Azerbaijanis who have found themselves cut off from our state, to
assist them in their development so that they preserve the
Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani traditions, Azerbaijani culture,
remain true to the principles of Azerbaijanism and never cut off
ties with their historical homeland, just as many representatives
of other peoples of our fraternal Turkic states live outside their
states. But I also know that all leaders of the Turkic states
attach great importance to how the rights of their brothers are
secured in various countries ," the head of state said.