U.S. Jewish Community Celebrates Azerbaijan's Independence Day In New York (PHOTO)

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 25. A commemorative event marking May 28, Azerbaijan's Independence Day, was held in New York, Trend reports.

The event was organized by Yakov Abramov, head of the Azerbaijani Jewish Community in New York and the Cultural Center of Caucasian Jews in America.

According to the Azerbaijani Jewish Community in New York, the celebration took place in the theater hall of the Davidzon Radio. It was attended by members of the Azerbaijani and Jewish diasporas, public figures, and New York residents interested in Azerbaijan's history and culture.

Guests included Rashad Eyvazov, First Secretary of the Azerbaijani Embassy in the United States; Tale Aliyev and Elchin Bakhshaliyev, representatives of Azerbaijan's Permanent Mission to the United Nations; and Rafael Niktalov, editor-in-chief of the Bukharian Times.

The official program opened with the national anthems of Azerbaijan and the United States.

Yakov Abramov later presented a congratulatory proclamation from the State of New York's leadership marking Azerbaijan's Independence Day to Rashad Eyvazov.

Farid Akhundov, a member of an Azerbaijani youth organization in New York and the event's host, gave a brief overview of Azerbaijan's independence history and highlighted the importance of sovereign statehood.

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