Book on Azerbaijan presented in London
By Nigar Orujova
Azerbaijan: Bridge between East and West, a comprehensive and compelling story about Azerbaijan, by journalist and writer Yury Sigov has been presented at London’s prestigious Kensington Close hotel.
Representatives of the Azerbaijani Embassy in the United Kingdom hosted the launch and the Ambassador of Azerbaijan, Tahir Taghizadeh, opened the presentation.
In this new book, Sigov balances the country’s rich cultural heritage, wonderful people and vibrant environment with its modern political and economic strategies. Readers will get the chance to thoroughly explore Azerbaijan from many different perspectives and discover a plethora of innovations and idea, including the recipe for Azerbaijan’s success as a nation and its strategies for the future.
During his stay in Azerbaijan, Sigov was amazed by the hospitality and kindness of the Azerbaijani people.
“They don’t care about religious differences or different nationalities, they host everybody as a real guest,” the writer said in his presentation speech. “And a real guest is sometimes more important than a family member. The people are the most important wealth of this land. It’s not the oil, nor the gas, but the people.”
Sigov reflected that Azerbaijan appeared to be among the lesser known of the former Soviet countries, so with his book he wanted to tell British readers about this beautiful country and show them its many sides: the fantastic people, the extraordinary lushness and depth of its culture, the traditions that have been endured across time and the strikingly modern technologies employed by the booming oil and gas industries.
The book also explores the history of relations between the United Kingdom and Azerbaijan.
Being a unique place where the established traditions of the East and the modernity of the West coexist in harmony, Azerbaijan is certainly worth a visit. The best time to travel to Azerbaijan is this summer, when Baku will be hosting the first European Games and this book should do more than enough to inspire you to go.
The event gathered people from Azerbaijan and many other countries and finished with a reception and a book signing ceremony with the author.
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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
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