Azerbaijan To Launch 2016 Summer Olympic Bid
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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 Zaiging held November 12 focused on the build-up to the Beijing 2008 Games and Azerbaijan-China sports cooperation. Write or read comments about this article
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