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Ismayil Omarov: â€œArmenia can participate in Eurovision Dance Contest 2009 in Baku, if wishesâ€

11 February 2009 11:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva â€“ APA. Eurovision Dance Contest 2009 will be held in Baku on September 26. It was announced at the press conference held by Director General of Public Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (ITV) Ismayil Omarov, executive producer of Eurovision Dance Contest 2009 Farhad Hajiyev and head of Azerbaijani delegation in the contest Adil Karimov, APA reports. Omarov said for the first time in the whole East and Caucasus Eurovision Dance Contest would be held in Azerbaijan. Ismayil Omarov said there were a number of conditions to win the tender for hosting Eurovision Dance Contest 2009, for this the country should be stable and ensure security of tourists.
â€œA magnificent event will be held on September 26. Once more the world will witness Azerbaijanâ€™s beauty, great musical culture and progress,â€ he said.
Omarov said 24 countries participated in the contest last year. The number of participating countries will be increased this year. ITV Director General said Azerbaijanâ€™s representatives in the contest would be chosen carefully and added that the names of the countryâ€™s representatives were not known. Omarov said the contest required a lot of funds, thatâ€™s why ITV had already appealed to a number of government agencies for organizing the contest.
ITV Director General declined to give information about expenditures of Eurovision Dance Contest 2009.
â€œWe do not now how many tourists will come to Azerbaijan. It will not be right if we say a concrete number. We will provide concrete information about it early in Septemberâ€, he said. Omarov noted that comperes of the Eurovision Dance Contest 2009 would be world-renowned stars. They will be identified in some months.
The number of countries, which will participate in the contest, is not yet known. As regards participation of Armenia in the contest, Omarov said that if the country wanted to attend the contest, it would be represented.
â€œThere will not be race discrimination and political motives basing on regulations of European Broadcasting Union and terms of Eurovision. If Armenia participates in the contest, there will be condition for it. Armenian sportsmen have participated in several competitions in Azerbaijan by now and there has not been any incident,â€ he said.
As regards hotel and travel service of tourists, Omarov added that infrastructure of the capital is at least for 10.000 tourists.
â€œIf number of tourists is more than it, we will provide them with accommodations. As regards traffic jam, there is traffic jam in every country. Construction of roads will be commissioned till the opening ceremony of the contest,â€ he added.