Mehriban Aliyeva meets Russian media
By Nigar Orujova
Azerbaijan’s First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva met heads of leading Russian mass media at the headquarters of TASS agency, in Moscow.
President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Mehriban Aliyeva was
accompanied by Vice President of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva.
Opening the meeting, first Deputy Director General of TASS Mikhail
Gusman said: “We are greatly honored to host the Azerbaijani first
lady, Chair of the Baku 2015 European Games Organizing Committee
Mehriban Aliyeva.”
He provided information about the Baku Games, hailing them as “a
unique” event. “Azerbaijan attaches great importance to these
Games,” he added.
Mehriban Aliyeva said she was happy to visit Russia again. She
highlighted preparations for the Baku Games. “There is a great deal
of support for and interest in the Games from the government,
public organizations and ordinary citizens.”
The first lady said the decision to grant the inaugural European Games to Baku testified to the fact that Azerbaijan “pays huge attention to sports, creation of state-of-the-art sports infrastructure, and accomplishments of Azerbaijani sportsmen on the international arena”.
Following, Mehriban Aliyeva responded to questions from Russian
media leaders.
Azerbaijani Ambassador Polad Bulbuloghlu highlighted the activity
of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and its Russia office. “Headed by
Vice President of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva the Russian office
is carrying our very important humanitarian and social projects in
Russian cities,” he said.
Following the meeting, the first lady was interviewed by “Vesti
nedeli” weekly program of Russia 24 channel.
In the interview, the first lady highlighted cooperation between
Azerbaijan and Russia in humanitarian area, preparations for the
Baku 2015 Games, tolerance in Azerbaijan, and activity of the
Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
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