The next panel at the 6th Summer Camp of Diaspora Youth, held in Khankendi, dedicated to the “Azerbaijan's foreign policy and public diplomacy”.

The panel, moderated by Vagif Seyidbayov, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Diaspora, was attended by Nargiz Gurbanova, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Poland, Rovshan Sadigbayli, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Slovenia, and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the OSCE, the United Nations Office at Vienna, and other international organizations based in Vienna, and Fakhraddin Ismayilov, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe.

The diaspora youth were informed in detail about Azerbaijan’s foreign policy strategy, its balanced approach, commitment to international law and the growing role of public diplomacy. In addition, the panel elucidated that Azerbaijan, having attained notable advancements in the realm of international relations and diplomatic arenas, necessitates a new cohort of diaspora youth endowed with contemporary competencies and more proactively engaged in conveying Azerbaijani truths to the international community. The diplomats emphasized the special role of public diplomacy in the new world order and shared recommendations with the youth on gaining professional knowledge in this field. The panel concluded with an exchange of ideas and answers to questions from the diaspora representatives.

It should be noted that the 6th Summer Camp of Diaspora Youth, which runs from August 3 through 9, is being held in Khankendi. The camp is organized by the State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan for Work with the Diaspora and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The 6th Summer Camp of Diaspora Youth is attended by 128 young people from 61 countries around the world. Previous camps were held in the cities of Shaki, Shamakhi, Shusha, Nakhchivan, and Lachin, and in total, more than 700 young people from over 60 countries have participated in the camps.