Initiative Group on return to Western Azerbaijan established in Milli Majlis

The Western Azerbaijan Community sent an appeal to Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, regarding the establishment of the Initiative Group on return to the Western Azerbaijan in the country’s Parliament.

The appeal highlighted the activity of the Western Azerbaijan Community, including participations in the international events and involvements in the international organizations, with the community constantly raising issue of the return of Azerbaijanis to their ancestral lands.

The Western Azerbaijan Community offered to establish an institution within the Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, focusing on the return to Western Azerbaijan. It indicated that the establishment of such an institution in the parliament would primarily demonstrate consensus in the country regarding the above-mentioned matter, enabling to hold effective ongoing discussions on the problem of Western Azerbaijan not only from a legislative perspective but also within the framework of parliamentary diplomacy.

Taking all that into account, under the decree of Speaker of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova, an Initiative Group on Return to Western Azerbaijan, led by Aziz Alakbarov, member of the Milli Majlis, has been established in the Azerbaijani parliament to facilitate the exercising of the rights of forcibly deported Azerbaijanis to return to their native lands.

The decree reflected the duties and powers of the Initiative Group.