Azerbaijan destined to be pivot of future Great Caucasus: chairman of Islamic Committee of Russia

However, according to Jamal, Azerbaijani by nationality, Azerbaijan has to do much, in particular to reconsider relations with Islamic countries, in order to become a main country in the region. "I think that for Azerbaijan's transformation into not a geographical entity, but into a historical player, it needs to strengthen ties with the Muslim world," said Jamal, a member of the National Assembly of Russia. According to him, in addition to the Organization of the Islamic Conference and other major Muslim countries, Azerbaijan should establish contacts with "the Muslim street as the largest Muslim organizations that assume responsibility for historical process," In 2009, Baku was declared the capital of Islamic culture for its contribution to the development and preservation of Islamic culture. /Trend News/