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President Ilham Aliyev: â€œOur success in â€œEurovisionâ€ contest is the victory Azerbaijani youth, Azerbaijani people and Azerbaijani stateâ€

16 May 2011 16:53 (UTC +04:00)

Probably you know that after the victory thousands of people stired out and celebrated your victory. Azerbaijanâ€™s flag was waving. You really represented Azerbaijan with dignityâ€, said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the meeting with the Azerbaijani representatives, who won Eurovision song contest.

The President reminded Azerbaijanâ€™s 4th performance in the â€œEurovisionâ€ contest and noted that good results were achieved in all these years: â€œbut this result certainly is the most beautiful result and peakâ€.

President Aliyev said that Heydar Aliyev Fund, Mehriban Aliyeva were the initiators of Azerbaijanâ€™s participation in â€œEurovisionâ€: â€œWe joined this contest with their initiative and Heydar Aliyev Fund, Ministry of Youth and Tourism, Public Television and the other organizations have been actively working during these years. We were more approaching to the victory every year. I can say that this contest is the prestigious contest of the world. Of course, it covers the European countries. But I consider that there is not second contest similar to it. The viewing audience was more than 100 mln. The achievement of the first place in such prestigious contest is a historical victory. It is, first of all, your victory. It is a victory of Azerbaijani youth, Azerbaijani people and Azerbaijani state. It will remain in history. Azerbaijan has said its word in â€œEurovisionâ€ history. It certainly joys us. I wish you successes! I am sure that you will worthily represent our country after that. Thus, Azerbaijan has said its word in this field. We are used to the victory in the sport. Our sportsmen joy us with their victories in different competitions. It is the first victory in this sphere. I congratulate you again and wish you new successes!â€

President of Heydar Aliyev Fund, Azerbaijanâ€™s First Lady also congratulated the winners of the â€œEurovisionâ€ song contest and wished them successes in their future acitivites.

Eldar Gasimov expressed thanks and said that it was a victory of entire Azerbaijan.