President Aliyev receives EOC president
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received President of the European Olympic Committees Patrick Hickey on September 19, AzerTag state news agency reported.
The sides praised the progress of preparations for the first European Games to be held in Baku in 2015.
They discussed the issues related to international cooperation in the field of sport. The importance of government attention to the development of all sports in Azerbaijan was emphasized.
Baku 2015 is the first ever European Games, an exciting and
innovative multi-sport event for the continent which will take
place from 12 - 28 June 2015.
There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports
and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across
Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of
competition.
Baku was awarded the Games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC)
in December 2012. The Baku European Games Operations Committee
(BEGOC) will organize and run the Games in co-operation with the
EOC.