No:729/23, Press release on relevant measures to provide necessary consular and other legal assistance to citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan living in Türkiye
16 December 2023 14:50
In accordance with the Action Plan approved by the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, relevant measures are being implemented to provide necessary consular and other legal assistance to citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan living in Türkiye.
A Working Group consisting of representatives of relevant state institutions has been established on the issue, and, in agreement with the Turkish side, the delegation has paid visits to the city of Istanbul since October 2022 to provide relevant assistance to our citizens.
Within the framework of the visits, interviews with our citizens and the provision of necessary consular and legal assistance to them were carried out at the Consulate General of our country in Istanbul.
On 16 December 2023, a ceremony was organized once again at the Consulate General of our country in Istanbul for the presentation of documents to citizens who had received consular services by the Working Group.
In total, within the framework of the project, applications of 6650 persons have been responded to so far, of which requests of 3284 persons for passport processing, 695 persons for determining citizenship affiliation, and 522 persons for obtaining an individual identification number have been referred for processing, and biological parentage analysis has been taken from 48 persons. 522 consular operations were carried out, including certificates of no impediment to marriage, registration of birth, registration of marriage, certification of translation and establishment of paternity. In addition, relevant awareness-raising work was carried out regarding the applications of 1579 persons.
The consular and legal assistance provided was welcomed by the citizens.
An announcement regarding the next visits of the Working Group to the city of Istanbul will be published on the official websites of the Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Istanbul and the State Committee on Work with Diaspora, as well as on their social media accounts.
