[3] The Azerbaijani government has occasionally invited Iranian separatist pan-Turks to attend the Congress' meetings,[4] including members of the South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement (SANLM).
Participants of the conference were representatives of US, Turkey, Russia, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Georgia, Austria, Romania, Switzerland, Australia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Belarus, Israel and other countries.
The Congress continued its work in eight committees - Human Rights and International Relations, Native Language and study, Science and Education, Culture, Economic Relations, Youth and Sport, Issues to overcome Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan, Mass Media and Information Exchange Commissions.
[6] At this congress, Ilham Aliyev was elected as Chairman of the Coordinating Council for World Azerbaijanis.
[6] 64 guests including the members of the highest legislative bodies of foreign countries - Turkey, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, and Canada participated in Congress.
The essence of the decisions taken, the overall progression of the discussions and the achieved results confirm the solid foundation of sustainable political solidarity among World Azerbaijanis, and the ideology of Azerbaijanism has a great influence on the whole nation as a national concept that can unite all Azerbaijanis, without depending on their social status, political views, beliefs and outlook.
The issue of together activity strategy of the Azerbaijani and Turkish diasporas, their discussions at the congress and special provisions were included in the resolution and regarded as a great achievement.
[6] The coordinating of activities of the Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora organizations and the systematic implementation of cooperation in this field are one of the main tasks of the new stage.
In the resolutions and speeches at congress, the support of the activity of Ilham Aliyev on returning the occupied territories and in the solving of this problem was provided by world Azerbaijanis equivocally.
[9] There were representatives of Jews, Russians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Turks and other people among the participants of the Third Congress of World Azerbaijanis who have migrated from Azerbaijan to abroad.
[12][13][14] Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening ceremony of the congress and made a speech.
The congress participants unanimously elected the President Ilham Aliyev as chairman of the World Azerbaijanis Coordinating Council one more time.
The Chairman of the State Committee on works with Diaspora Nazim Ibrahimov[20] has been elected as Executive Secretary of the council.