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  • BAKU: Joint Forum Of Azeri-Jewish Diasporas In Ukraine Will Take Pla

    JOINT FORUM OF AZERI-JEWISH DIASPORAS IN UKRAINE WILL TAKE PLACE IN JAN. 2007
    Author: S.Ilhamgizi

    TREND, Azerbaijan
    Sept 28 2006

    A decision was made to hold a joint Forum of Azerbaijani and Jew
    diasporas functioning in Ukraine, the Chairman of the Congress of
    Ukrainian Azerbaijanis (CUA) Oktay Efendiyev told Trend.

    He noted that the opening ceremony of the memory complex in Babi
    Yar dedicated to the genocide of Jews, as well as the official part
    of the event were attended by the representatives of Azerbaijani
    and Jew diasporas. The ceremony also brought together the Ukrainian
    President Victor Yushenka, Ukrainian Prime Minister Victor Yanukovich,
    Chairman of the Supreme Rada, mayor of Kiev, ministers and other
    senior officials, the Presidents of Israel, Montenegro and Croat and
    other senior officials of many countries including the Speaker of
    the Azerbaijani Parliament Oktay Asadov.

    During the meeting attended by the representatives of the Azerbaijani
    diaspora in Ukraine, Chairman of CUA Oktay Efendiyev, as well as
    representatives of Jewish diaspora in Ukraine, the memory of the
    victims of Babi Yar tragedy was remembered.

    Negotiations were held between Azerbaijani and Jewish societies
    after the ceremony bringing together official representatives of 41
    countries. An agreement was reached between Efendiyev and the Chairman
    of Ukrainian Congress of Jews Ile Levitas regarding conducting joint
    measures of the two diasporas.

    "We decided to hold a joint Forum of Azerbaijani and Jewish
    societies functioning in Ukraine. We agreed up on the creation of
    an organizational committee for this purpose. Azerbaijan people feel
    sorry for Jewish people facing a terrible tragedy. Because Azerbaijan
    has also sustained genocide by Armenia and the aggression of Armenia
    still continues. In 1981 Armenian dashnaks committed a terrible
    genocide against Azerbaijani people in various cities of Azerbaijan.

    In addition, Armenians committed genocide (Khojali tragedy) against
    Azerbaijani people on 26 February 1992, which wasn't observed in the
    world. Azerbaijani and Jewish peoples faced the same genocides.

    Therefore we understand each other well," Efendiyev emphasized.

    The Chairman of CUA added that conducting the joint Forum was presented
    to the attention of the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Oktay
    Asadov during meeting. The Speaker supported this initiative, and
    promised that the senior officials of Azerbaijan and a deputy group
    of parliament will attend the forum.

    "This Forum will be a tribune to present the realities about Azerbaijan
    to the attention of the world public. Conducting a joint Forum with
    Jewish diaspora will be a blow to our enemy - Armenia," Efendiyev
    underlined. Moreover, he spelled out that the Forum is planned to be
    held in the first decade of January 2007 in Kiev.
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