Moldova gets familiarized with Baku-2015
By Nigar Orujova
Baku European Games 2015 continues to present itself across the globe and its latest presentation was held in Kishinev, Moldova.
The event held at the Republic Palace gathered together former Moldovan President Mircea Snegur, Ion Paduraru, Representative of the president of Moldova, Vice Speaker Liliana Palihovici, Minister of Culture Monika Babok, President of the Moldova National Olympic Committee Nikolay Zhuravsky, the Azerbaijani Embassy in this country said.
Moreover, the event was attended by members of parliament, ambassadors and other diplomats accredited in the country, famous athletes, public figures of Moldova, businessmen, representatives of newspapers and other media.
Addressing the ceremony, Namik Aliyev, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Moldova, thanked the National Olympic Committee of Moldova for organizing the event and spoke about the importance of the first European Games and the preparatory works carried out by Azerbaijan.
The tremendous works of the Organizing Committee for holding the European Games Baku 2015 under the leadership of Mehriban Aliyeva, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO were highlighted during the presentation.
It was emphasized that the short-time preparations for such a large-scale event was only possible through sustainable and dynamic development of Azerbaijan, made in recent years.
As the biggest sporting event in Azerbaijan's history, the Baku 2015 European Games will attract more than 6,000 athletes to represent 49 countries in 20 sports on June 12-28.
The Baku 2015 Games will take place in 21 stadia and facilities in Baku and Mingachevir city. The official opening ceremony of the games will take place in the 68,000-seat Baku Olympic Stadium. The Athletes Village will accommodate up to 7,300 people.
There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. Eleven of the sports will offer qualification opportunities for the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016.
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Nigar Orujova is AzerNews’s staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @o_nigar
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