Azerbaijan, Baku, 3 July / corr. Trend E. Babayev/ An Initiative Group has been established to nominate Ilham Aliyev for the presidency on the behalf of the Azerbaijanis living abroad.
The presidential election in Azerbaijan will be held on 15 October.
Governing New Azerbaijan Party (NAP) will nominate country's current President Ilam Aliyev for presidency in the party meeting to be held soon. The pro-government Ana Vatan Party will also support Ilham Aliyev in the presidential elections.
The chairman of the Musavat party Isa Gambar, chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloglu, chairman of the Green Party Mais Gulaliyev and chairman of the public forum For Azerbaijan Eldar Namazov have decided to participate in the presidential elections. Several days ago, political scientist Eldar Namazov stated that he would run for presidency independently.. The Azadlig bloc, which unites three opposition parties -Popular Front party, Citizen and Development party and Liberal party, will boycott the presidential elections.
Ibrahimkhalil Balayev, member of the Initiative Group and professor of Frankfurt University of Germany said in the press conference held on 3 July that Azerbaijan made great achievements not only within the country, but also beyond its boundaries for the last 5 years. The most authoritative organizations support Azerbaijan's position. All these success are a result of the expedient foreign and internal policy of President Ilham Aliyev.
According to Baleyev, the Initiative Group will cover more Azerbaijan all over the world soon.
During the press conference the members of the initiative contacted head of Network of US Azerbaijanis Adil Bagirov, the political expert Vugar Seyidov who lives in Hungary and Sail Gasimov, head of Congress of Benelux Azerbaijanis.
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