We are pleased that the President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva keep the focus on the issues of preparation for the IV Islamic Solidarity Games. Without their support, we will not be able to organize the work at a high level, the Vice-President of the Sports Federation of Islamic Solidarity (ISSF), Hamad Kalkaba Malboum said at a press conference.
The press conference was organized at the end of the meeting held in Baku by the ISSF Coordination Commission for the evaluation of the preparatory work for the Islamic Games to be held in Azerbaijan next year.
The Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov said the national sports game Zorkhana has been also included in the program of the Games and Azerbaijan seeks to promote it.
Rahimov said the construction of any new sports arenas is not planned. The competitions are envisaged to involve 8,000 volunteers.
The football tournament will be attended by 8 teams, but so far it is not known exactly who it is, as the pick-up games are underway.
There will also be competitions for parajudo in four categories. Tickets will be sold for the four months prior to the competition.
The press conference was also presented the logo and brand of the IV Islamic Solidarity Games.
Today, May 13 a meeting of representatives of the National Olympic Committees of the countries participating in the IV Islamic Games (about 40 countries) is held. They will become familiar with sports facilities and will discuss security issues, placing athletes, transport and others.
Recall that the Islamic Solidarity Games will be held on 12-22 May 2017. -02D-
Politics
-
Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
-
He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
-
On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
-
On August 30, at approximately 22:55, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant in Metsamor was disconnected from the country's power grid, as reported by the Armenian Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. The shutdown was caused by a lightning strike, which triggered the plant's safety systems to switch the station to a safe shutdown mode. Currently, the plant's staff is working on restarting the facility.
Leave a review