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Vural Cengiz: "We have no claims on State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad and its head"

19 July 2006 [08:16] - TODAY.AZ
"I am the President of the ATAA and only I am responsible for speaking on behalf of the Assembly," said Vural Cengiz, president of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA).

Mr.Cengiz wrote that the ATAA he has no claims against the State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad and its chairman Nazim Ibrahimov. On the contrary, Ibrahimov has close relations with the ATAA and other Turkish NGOs.

"We respect the Committee chairman Nazim Ibrahimov. As the president of ATAA, I declare that we have no problems and financial ties with the Committee," Cengiz said.

Arcumart Kilich, who was the ATAA president in 2003-2004 made critical statements against State Committee for Azerbaijanis Living Abroad and the committee head saying that the World Azerbaijanis Forum hosted by Ankara did not discuss unification of the Turkish and Azerbaijani Diasporas in America, APA reports.

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