OTS PRESS RELEASE - The Heads of State Institutions in Charge of Diaspora Affairs of the Organization of Turkic States will meet on 20-21 December 2022 in Baku and Shusha.

OTS PRESS RELEASE - The Heads of State Institutions in Charge of Diaspora Affairs of the Organization of Turkic States will meet on 20-21 December 2022 in Baku and Shusha.
Hosted by the State Committee on Work with Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the "International Baku/Shusha Forum of the Heads of State Institutions in Charge of Diaspora Affairs of the OTS" will be organized in Baku on 20 December and participating Delegations will pay a visit to Shusha for acquainting with reconstruction and restoration works in the city on 21 December.

During the Forum, Heads of Delegations will hold discussions on various important agenda items covering the current state of the diasporas of the Member States; the efforts of the Diaspora Institutions of the Member States to develop cooperation and coordination with their diasporas; the ways to enhance coordination and cooperation among the Diaspora Institutions of the Member States and among the Turkic diasporas; views and proposals to enhance the efficiency of the diaspora training programs; the organization of the OTS 1st Diaspora Youth Forum, as well as on ways to ensure increasing participation of Turkic diaspora representatives at the youth, economic, and academic initiatives of the OTS (such as youth camps, festivals, entrepreneurs forums, business forums, activities of the Turkic University Union, among others).  Parties will also elaborate on the “Diaspora Joint Activity Plan of the OTS for 2023”.

On second day of the program the High Level Diaspora Representatives will visit Shusha and conduct on-site inspections of the ongoing restoration and construction works in the city.

More information will be shared after the program through official web-site and social media accounts of the OTS.

Secretariat of the Organization of Turkic States