Nazim Ibrahimov: name of Heydar Aliyev unites Azerbaijani Diaspora

The Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Work with the Diaspora, Nazim Ibrahimov, said that the establishment and development of the Azerbaijani diaspora and all modern Azerbaijan is connected with the name of Heydar Aliyev.According to him, the fact that the citizens of Azerbaijan, 50 million Azerbaijanis around the world, say they are proud of being Azerbaijanis, is also associated with the name of Heydar Aliyev.

Ibrahimov said that the national leader Heydar Aliyev raised the name of Azerbaijan worldwide. "Thanks to Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan has taken an important place on the political map of the world and in world history, people started to believe in themselves and the state. As long as there is Azerbaijan and its people, each of us will honor the memory of nationwide leader Heydar Aliyev," Trend quotes him.

Ibrahimov noted that since 2001 the Azerbaijani Diaspora has had more opportunities. In a short period in different parts of the world hundreds of Azerbaijani organizations were created. "The Azerbaijanis began to promote their country around the world, closely rallied around the state. In 2002, the State Committee was established. At that time it was called the State Committee for Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad," Ibrahimov says.