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April 29, 2016 № 6

President Ilham Aliyev takes a working visit to Protest against Armenian provocations held in Toronto

On April 13th, 2016, President Ilham Aliyev arrived On Sunday, April 10th, 2016, members of the in Turkey on a working visit to attend the 13th , including Azerbaijani Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation students and members of the Turkish community, (OIC) in Istanbul. During the working visit, gathered in downtown Toronto to protest against President I. Aliyev met with President of Turkey Armenian violations in the Nagorno- Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a one-on-one meeting. region of Azerbaijan and the latest Armenian During the meeting, the importance of the 13th provocations which targeted civilians near the front Summit of the OIC, in terms of the deepening of the lines. bilateral ties, was stressed. President I. Aliyev also met with Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Children’s Day event held in Ottawa Davutoglu. At the 13th Summit of the OIC, which was held on April 14th under the motto “Unity and On Saturday, April 23rd, 2016, the OCSB IL Solidarity for Justice and Peace,” President I. Turkish Program and the Turkish Canadian Aliyev addressed the event on behalf of the Asian Heritage Language Association organized a countries group. “Children’s Day” event on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish UNAOC 7th Global Forum Parliament. Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey His Excellency Selcuk Unal and Chargé d’Affaires On April 25-27, 2016, the United Nations Alliance of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. of Civilizations (UNAOC), a body mandated to Ramil Huseynli attended the event. During the promote harmony, understanding and peaceful event’s program, the Qarabagh Azerbaijani dialogue among nations, held its 7th Global Forum Language School students, among other performing in Baku. The Forum brought together approximately schools, participated by performing national 2,500 participants, including heads of state, . government officials, civil society, religious and youth leaders. The Forum was held under the motto Meeting with INKAS “Living Together in Inclusive Societies: A Challenge and A Goal”. 16 breakout sessions and 2 On Thursday, April 14th, 2016, Chargé d’Affaires plenary sessions were held, where experts Mr. Ramil Huseynli and First Secretary Mr. Arif exchanged views on current challenges that Mammadov met with CEO Mr. David Khazanski, impeded the inclusiveness of societies and COO Mr. David Fraser and VP of Marketing and prevention of violent extremism. Among the major Business Development Mr. Roman Shimonov of outcomes from the Global Forum was the adoption INKAS Group of Companies in Toronto. During the by consensus of the Baku Declaration, a political meeting, the future prospects of the AZCAN document that will guide future efforts towards Company, which is a joint venture between Canada achieving the goals of UNAOC. The Baku and Azerbaijan, were discussed. Declaration calls for the implementation of the commitments made, so that the governments can overcome challenges and move forward. Embassy’s Newsletter is compiled from various sources