Kazakhstan’s PM to attend European Games opening ceremony

Kazakhstan’s delegation led by the country’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov will visit Baku to participate in the opening ceremony of the First European Games in Baku, Kazakh embassy in Baku told Trend June 11.

The delegation also includes the country’s Minister of Culture and Sports Arystanbek Muhamediuly.

Baku 2015 is the first ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent which will take place on June 12-28, 2015.

There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.

Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.

/By Trend/