BAC SECOND MEETING HELD IN AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam, March 10 (AzerTAc). The second meeting of the Benelux Azerbaijanis
Congress (BAC) was held Amsterdam, Netherlands on March 7.
President of the congress Sahil Gasimov delivered a report on the BAC`c activities.

The meeting was also addressed by Azerbaijani ambassador to Netherlands Fuad
Isgandarov, chairman of the Azerbaijan-Luxembourg interparliamentary friendship
group, MP Elmira Akhundova, head of the Azerbaijan-Netherlands interparliamentary
working group, MP Adil Aliyev, department chief of the State Committee for Working
with Diaspora Ilham Mammadov, head of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s office in
Romania Igbal Hajiyev and others.
For assistance provided to the BAC, Sahil Gasimov named the persons who were awarded
by the BAC. BAC presented highest eight-point star award to Mehriban Aliyeva,
President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO goodwill ambassador, MP
for her successful activity to popularize Azerbaijani national values, history and
rich culture, first-degree award to Nazim Ibrahimov, Chairman of the State Committee
for working with Diaspora, Fuad Isgandarov ambassador, Elmira Akhundova and Adil
Aliyev, Milli Majlis deputies.
Twelve members of the BAC board were elected. At the Board`s first meeting, Elsever
Mammadov and Sahil Gasimov were elected chairman and honorary chairman respectively.

The meeting was attended by ambassadors of Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Georgia to
Netherlands, representatives of Azerbaijani and Turkish communities in Germany,
France, Romania, UK and Benelux countries as well as Azerbaijanis living in
Netherlands.