Deputy Gudrat Gasanguliev in his special interview with the Azerbaijan media commented on criticism from individual groups to parents who choose their children in Russian.
“I consider it wrong to try to connect students in Russian -speaking schools with a better education in Russian or the illusion of the” pro -Russian government. “I will note in advance that every citizen of Azerbaijan should perfectly know along with his native national language and the state language. But it is necessary It is also taken into account that of our 10 millionth population, about two million Azerbaijanis live in Russia, 500 thousand in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, ”the deputy said.
The parliamentarian added that a large number of Azerbaijani youth are leaving for Russia in search of work after service in the army. They need Russian for free communication.
“I must admit that it is quite difficult to join the Russian language, getting an education in Azerbaijani. Doubts can confirm this by conducting a small study. Parents give their children to Russian schools so that they can freely move in a greater geography, find work, to find work, To establish economic and cultural ties. Currently, the main means of communication in our relations with former Soviet republics is the Russian language. “
Gasanguliev added that the English language did not receive wide distribution in the Turkic states. In this regard, the importance of the Russian language increases.
“The attitude to the Russian language cannot be identified with the attitude to the Russian government. This language remains for Azerbaijanis the main means of access to world science and literature. We will always need this language in terms of historical and good -neighborly relations. We must organize teaching in educational schools in such a way that our children can master English and Russian, learning in the state language. This issue cannot be resolved, Russian is simply necessary for people. “