The role and importance of non-governmental organizations in the formation of Azerbaijan's foreign policy

Non-governmental organizations in Azerbaijan started to form since 1872. The first non-governmental organizations can be defined as organizations for the purpose of aid or education to raise awareness of the society. It is seen that the formations in the political field have started with the beginning of these organizations to overcome social problems. It has been seen that the duty of non-governmental organizations to raise awareness of the society against the assimilation policies, and then, with the struggle for independence, they prepared the society for a new formation, the struggle for independence. It can be said that he made great contributions to the formation of social memory by fighting for freedom during the period of Tsarist Russia and the USSR. It can be said that the main parameters of the foreign policy of Azerbaijan, which regained its independence in the period of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic established in 1918 and in 1992, were shaped within the framework of the programs of these non-governmental organizations.