Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the development of sport and the Olympic movement, said President Ilham Aliyev, speaking on Friday to the participants of the 43rd General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee in Baku. He noted that the progress made by the Azerbaijani athletes in international competitions, allow the popularization of the country. Noting conducting its political and democratic reforms, the President stressed that Azerbaijan is now recognized as one of the main centers of multiculturalism.
The Assembly includes delegation of the National Olympic Committees of Europe, heads of international sports organizations. Reports were made on the theme: "The Olympic Games", "Marketing & Communications", "Sport for All", "Olympic culture and heritage," "Medicine and doping", "Gender equality in sport." Also, information on the first European games and Operations Committee Report "Baku-2015"was provided.
The Assembly's agenda also included reports on the preparations for the Summer Olympics in 2016, 23rd Olympic Winter Games, and the European Youth Olympic Festival.-06D-
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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