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New commercial on Baku cityâ€™s bid for 2020 Summer Olympic Games presented today - VIDEO

New commercial on Baku cityâ€™s bid for 2020 Summer Olympic Games presented today - <font color=red>VIDEO</font>

23 February 2012 14:14 (UTC +04:00)

Press service of the Ministry of Youth and Tourism told APA that the seven-minute commercial, which is available to view on the Baku Bid website (www.baku2020.com), outlines the four clusters detailed in the recently submitted Applicant File, as well as some of the spectacular venues that will be used if the city is elected as Host City for the 2020 Games.

Filmed and produced by award-winning Hollywood director Rupert Wainwright, the video mixes images of the futuristic development already taking place in Azerbaijani capital with computer-generated images of how the city will look in time for 2020.

Konul Nurullayeva, the Bid CEO, said: â€œBaku is one of the worldâ€™s best kept secrets. Visitors are always taken by surprise by its beauty.â€

Nurullayeva continued: â€œToday, Baku is both a historic city â€“ with an ancient and perfectly preserved Old City that is a world heritage site â€“ as well as an outward-looking high-tech city, fast becoming a global meeting place. Azerbaijan is rapidly building a world-class knowledge-based economy focusing on education, sport, science and technology â€“ and our Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 is part of that vision and perfectly integrated with the transformations taking place in the city today.â€

â€œI hope that this video gives people who have not yet had the chance to visit our country the opportunity to see some of the pleasures they are missing. The ancient tradition of hospitality is deeply ingrained in every Azerbaijani. We so much look forward to welcoming the world to our city.â€