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President Ilham Aliyev: A large number of people live in tolerance in Azerbaijan

29 October 2014 08:40 (UTC +04:00)

The head of state said that youth policy, art and culture are connected with each other:

“Azerbaijan implemented two state programs on youth policy and established a youht, which supports the initiatives of youth organizations and young people in the fields of education, health and others,” President Aliyev said.

President Ilham Aliyev noted that not oil and gas, but education and human capital play a key role in the development of society and state.

“The Azerbaijani government has been carrying out the program for the study of our young people in prestigious foreign universities for years. We are trying to establish contacts between the Azerbaijani universities and the leading universities in the world,” he added.

The head of state said Azerbaijan also pays special attention to the development of sports.

Speaking about the achievements in Olympic sports, President Ilham Aliyev said that new sports facilities are being built, and the development of sports among young people is stimulated in Azerbaijan.

“Healthy lifestyle is on the basis of success, playing as an effective role in the fight against alcoholism and other harmful habits. Azerbaijan will host the first European Olympic Games next year. It’s a historical event. About 6,000 athletes will come to Azerbaijan to participate in the games. We will also host a chess championship next year and the Islamic Solidarity Games in 2017. Azerbaijan is currently chairing the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Azerbaijan, where a large number of people live in tolerance, pays special attention to dialogue with different peoples and civilizations. Our country has held a number of inter-civilization dialogues and been successful in this area,” President Aliyev said.

The head of state also remarked Azerbaijan launching a satellite into space and ASAN Service centers beginning to serve citizens, regarding them as great success achieved by Azerbaijan.