In accordance with the order of the President, the Organizing Committee for the Fourth Islamic Solidarity Games has been created; it will be led by the president’s wife, Mehriban Aliyeva. She will be assisted by: Mayor of Baku, as well as the Ministers: Sports and Youth, Foreign Affairs, Economic Development, Finance, Internal Affairs, National Security, Transportation, Health Care, Culture, Communication, and Education. The Organizing Committee also includes senior officials of the presidential administration and the National Olympic Committee.
The Islamic Games will be held in Baku in 2017 with participation of the representatives of Muslim countries.
Earlier, First Lady headed the organizing committee of the European Games, which were held in Baku in June 2015.-02D-
Politics
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Azerbaijan called on Armenia to abandon provocative actions and choose between completing the normalization process or continuing a path of confrontation, after a diplomatic clash at the Francophonie Summit in France earlier this week.
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A group of MPs have appealed to Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to reconsider relations with the US and denounce defence cooperation agreements.
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President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on awarding Presidential scholarships to students admitted to higher educational institutions of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2024-2025 academic year.
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New Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to Russia Rahman Mustafayev was received by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on 4 October.
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