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Azad Rahimov: â€œWe intended to host Eurovision Dance competition to extend campaign for popularization of Azerbaijanâ€

28 December 2009 13:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva â€“ APA. Eurovision Dance 2009 should be held in Azerbaijan, but European Broadcasting Council postponed it until 2010 because lack of participants. There are not enough participants yetâ€, said Minister of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov at an annual press conference, APA reports. He said they intended to host Eurovision Dance to extend campaign for popularization of Azerbaijan. â€œWe would like European participants arrive in the country and learn more about it, but we see that mostly Balkan and CIS countries applied for the participation, which doesnâ€™t coincide with our plans and ideas. We would like the countries, like Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom participate in this competition. If those countries donâ€™t participate what is meaning to spend such resources? On the other hand, some of the participant countries wish to attend the competition at the expense of Azerbaijan, which is not possibleâ€.