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By Laman Ismayilova

Qualifying rounds for the second Azerbaijan's Intellectual Game Championship have ended in Nakhchivan.

The championship was organized by IRELI Public Association and Azerbaijan Ministry of Youth and Sports, Trend Life reported.

Nakchivan regional tour was attended by teams from Nakhchivan, Babek, Julfa, Kengerli, Ordubad, Sederek, Shahbuz and Sharur.

In their speech, the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) Azad Jabbarov, executive director of the Youth Fund under Nakhchivan Supreme Council Mammad Babayev, chairman of IRELI Mirgasan Seyidov stressed that the state youth policy serves as a good example for many countries.

It was noted that in Azerbaijan young people constitute the majority of the population, and therefore the state creates all the conditions for the development of their abilities. Not only state structures are involved in the implementation of youth policy, the youth people also participate in its formation.

Nowadays, Azerbaijani youth is represented in state bodies, parliament, municipalities, business structures and other areas, and contributes to the development of society.

The main aim of the project, implemented within the state program "Azerbaijani youth in 2017-2021", is to develop the intellectual movement in the country, assist youth education and reveal talented young people for participation in international games.

With the participation of 1,400 young people, intellectual games "What? Where? When?", "Khamsa", "Find" and "Know your country" were held in more than 60 country's regions.

Each city or region was represented by only one team with 18 participants.

The best teams will take part in the final stage, which will be held in Baku on December 6.

The event will honor the memory of the Azerbaijan's national leader Heydar Aliyev. The winners will be awarded with medals, certificates and valuable prizes.

Media partners of the event are Trend.az, Day.az, Milli.az and Azernews.az.

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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova

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