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Official dinner reception held in honor of participants of European Games opening ceremony

12 June 2015 16:38 (UTC +04:00)

The official dinner reception was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Turkmen President Gurbangyly Berdimuhamedow, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Captains Regent of San Marino Andrea Belluzzi and Roberto Venturini, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Tayyrbek Sarpashev, hairman of the Czech Parliament's Chamber of Deputies Jan Hamacek, Speaker of the Slovakian Parliament Peter Pellegrini, Second President of the Austrian Parliament Karlheinz Kopf, Vice-Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Andrei Klementiev, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Senate of the Republic of Mexico Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Chairman for the Ukrainian State Fiscal Service, Head of the Ukraine-Azerbaijan interparliamentary relations working group at the Verkhovna Rada Roman Nasirov, Qatar Olympic Committee Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, Saudi Arabian Prince Abdullah bin Musa'ad, Kuwait's Information Minister and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoÄŸlu, Oman Sheikh Saad bin Mohammed Al Mardouf Al Saadi, Iranian Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Mahmoud Goudarzi, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz, Under Secretary of State at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, MP Tobias Martin Ellwood, Deputy Minister of Culture of Vatican Louis Marie William Sanchez De Toca, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz bin Othman al-Twaijri, Ex-President of Latvia Valdes Zatlers and other high-ranking officials.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Chairperson of the Baku 2015 first European Games Organizing Committee Mehriban Aliyeva have met with the heads of state and governments, well-known public, political and sport figures, who visited our country to attend the opening ceremony of the first European Games.

A short video on the first European Games was displayed. President Ilham Aliyev made a speech at the official reception.