Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. E.Huseynov / The Union of Azerbaijani and Israeli Businessmen and Entrepreneurs is planned to be established in the near future. "The project is being completed in order to assist the establishing of business contacts between Azerbaijan and the Middle East, Alex Shapiro-Suliman, the president of the Congress of Azerbaijanis in the Middle East, said on 31 August by the telephone from Tel Aviv.
The establishment of the Union of Businessmen and Entrepreneurs is one of the initial projects of the Congress of Azerbaijanis in the Middle East.
"A lot of Azerbaijanis reside abroad, including in the Middle East. The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and the collapse of the Soviet Union, are just two experiences, which as a result, have forced Azerbaijanis to leave their homeland due to political, economic, or moral damages. We consider the establishment of the Congress of Azerbaijanis in the Middle East as a very relevant event in our history," Shapiro-Suliman said.
The Congress will assist in the establishment and development of cooperation among Azerbaijanis residing abroad and especially in the Middle East.
The Congress will render cultural and social assistance to Azerbaijanis residing in Israel and the Middle East, the group's president said.