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Los Angeles hosts event on Azerbaijan

24 April 2013 09:59 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. Supported by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, which is one of the most renowned hospitals in the U.S., hosted an event dedicated to Azerbaijan. Consulate General told APA that the event attracted many employees of Cedars-Sinai, including well-known doctors and medical scholars.

Opening the event, Dr. Yzhar Charuzi, the famous cardiologist and the president of the Cedars-Sinai’s Alumni Association, briefly informed the audience about Azerbaijan and shared his impressions from his recent trip to the country.

Then the Consul General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles Nasimi Aghayev was invited to address the audience. In his speech, Nasimi Aghayev spoke of Azerbaijan’s history and steady development as an independent nation, its oil strategy, relations with U.S., Europe, Israel and neighboring countries, as well as the illegal military occupation of Azerbaijan’s territories by Armenia. The presentation was followed by a lively Q&A session.

Afterwards, the participants were invited to listen to Azerbaijani Mugham performed by the master of Azerbaijani Kamancha, professor of Azerbaijani music at the Stanford University Imamyar Hasanov, who captivated the audience with his virtuosity.

The event concluded with the demonstration of a movie “O olmasin, bu olsun” (If not this one, the other one), one of the best-known classics of Azerbaijani cinema.