Kemal oksuz biography

Convicted Turkish American lobbyist Kemal Oksuz, who lied to Congress about Azerbaijani Government funding of a 2013 Congressional junket to Baku, was.
Kemal Oksuz has been described as "an executive in charge", a Houston businessman, who runs another non profit organization, the Turquoise Council of Americans.
KEMAL OKSUZ (President, Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians): Kind, modest, humble, generous.

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SOCAR

State-owned oil and gas company in Azerbaijan

This article is about Azerbaijan oil company. For the US state sometimes referred to as "SoCar", see South Carolina.

Products

Trade name	SOCAR
Native name	Azərbaycan Respublikası Dövlət Neft Şirkəti
Company type	State-owned
Industry	Oil and gas
Founded	13 September 1992 (1992-09-13)
Founder	Abulfaz Elchibey
Headquarters	Baku , Azerbaijan
Area served	Europe & Asia
Key people	Rovshan Najaf (president)
Services
Revenue	AZN 119,2 bn (2022)^[1]
Operating income	AZN 9.36 bn (2022)^[1]
Net income	AZN 9.4 bn (2022)^[1]
Total assets	AZN 80.8 bn (2022)^[1]
Total equity	AZN 33.3 bn (2022)^[1]
Owner	Azerbaijani Government
Number of employees	100,000 (2018)^[2]
Subsidiaries	BOS Shelf, AZFEN, Petkim, Star Refinery, Baku Shipyard LLC, Interfax Azerbaijan, Ateshgah Insurance, AzLAB, EKOL Engineering
Website	www.socar.az

The State Oil Company of the Repu

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WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) today called on the U.S. House to immediately expel Henry Cuellar (D-TX) over his indictment for accepting nearly six hundred thousand dollars in Azerbaijani bribes. The indictment, only recently unsealed, presents detailed accusations that Rep. Cuellar, who serves as co-chair of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus, accepted substantial payments from Azerbaijani state-controlled entities in return for advancing pro-Azerbaijan legislation.

“We call on the U.S. House to immediately vote to expel Henry Cuellar, condemn Azerbaijan’s brazen interference in our American democracy, and enact statutory measures to prevent ongoing attempts by Azerbaijan’s corrupt Aliyev family to rig U.S. foreign policy in its favor,” said Aram Hamparian, executive director of the ANCA. “We have, for more than a decade now, fought Henry Cuellar at the ballot box and battled his genocide-enabling legislation on Capitol Hill – always shining a national spotlight on this foreign breach of the American public trust. By all accounts, this i

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Assembly of the Friends of Azerbaijan

The Assembly of the Friends of Azerbaijan (AFAZ) is a non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas, incorporated in 2012 to promote Azerbaijans economic potential, and to encourage trade and investment between it and the United States. The country's largest energy company, SOCAR, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic used AFAZ as a conduit to fund a 2013 energy conference for high-level former White House officials and members of Congress which was reviewed by the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Goals

The Assembly of the Friends of Azerbaijan (AFAZ) describes itself as an "educational, cultural, business, congressional advocacy and charitable organization...to build bridges between the United States and Azerbaijan".^[1] Its 19 mission statements are clear: "Encouraging trade and investment" and "encouraging the development of social and business relationships and cooperation among organizations, enterprises and individuals in the United States and Azerbaijan" and "promoting Azerbaijan’s economic potential".^&