Baku-2020 has chance to get ahead of Rome and Madrid

Azerbaijan presents logo of Olympic Games ‘Baku 2020’ and for Olympiad gives climate forecast for term until 2020. Baku yesterday hosted a briefing devoted to the official presentation of the Olympic Games logo - Baku 2020. Executive director of the Organizing Committee of Baku 2020 Olympic Games Kenul Nurullayeva informed that Baku tomorrow is going to become the second city after Tokyo, which also filed an bid for the Olympic Games, that presented the logo of the Summer Olympic Games in 2020.

"Currently, the Baku 2020 Organizing Committee informs that it is preparing the bid book of Azerbaijan as a candidate country to host the Olympics in 2020. This is a first stage of obtaining the status of the host country of the Olympic Games. This 97-page book to be published in 80 copies will provide full information on Azerbaijan and cover all areas of country’s activities. Until 15 February, the book should be presented to the International Olympic Committee, and the latter will consider for two months the bid books of the candidate countries to host the Olympics in 2020 and announce the countries to pass the second stage of the competition," she emphasized.

Nurullayeva said that the bid book is the best tool for promoting the country internationally and provide information about the economic situation, geographical location, etc.
"We have significant advantages in comparison with other countries. In particular, our economic situation of the city of Baku, climatic conditions and the proposed terms of the Olympics allows us to talk about the big chance for getting the right for hosting the Olympic Games in 2020 in Baku. In the bid book we give a forecast on all indicators, including the climate ones for the period until 2020," Nurullayeva said.

Bids to host the Olympics in 2020, along with Baku have been filed by Doha, Madrid, Istanbul, Tokyo, and Rome. Baku had tried unsuccessfully to get the Olympics in 2016.


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