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Azerbaijan to launch 2016 Summer Olympic bid

13 November 2006 [21:56] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijan's Minister of Youth and Sport announced during a meeting with Chinese Olympic Committee vice president Yu Zaiging that Baku will be launching a bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

According to the Minister, although budget outlays to sports development was $200,000 in 2004, it was increased to 6.5 million in 2007.

The meeting between Rahimov and Yu held November 12 focused on the build-up to the Beijing 2008 Games and Azerbaijan-China sports cooperation.

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