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Baku to present Olympic Bid Book

27 January 2012 [12:39] - TODAY.AZ
Presentation of the "Bid book", prepared for the Olympic Games in Baku in 2020, will be held in Azerbaijan on February 12-13, vice president of the National Olympic Committee Chingiz Huseynzade told Trend.

There will be information not only about sports but in the whole of Azerbaijani economy, the state of the environment in addition to detailed information about Azerbaijan in the book
The work on this book continues at the moment.

"Bid book" will be presented to the International Olympic Committee on February 15.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved the nomination of Baku as a contender to host the Olympics in 2020. In this regard, Azerbaijan established the organizing committee.

Madrid, Rome, Tokyo, Istanbul and the capital of Qatar - Doha are the contenders to host Olympic Games in 2020 along with Baku. The first presentation of candidates will be held on February.

IOC will call the city where the Olympics will be held in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires on September 7, 2013 after a two-stage selection.

Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee nominates a candidate of Baku for the Summer Olympiad 2016. But the IOC has given a right of Rio de Janeiro.


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