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Interview with the executive director of the 'Baku-2020' Organizing Committee
We have watched the 2020 Olympics presentations of five states.
Baku is one of the candidates.
Could you point out the strong and the weak aspects of this candidature?
Why should they choose Baku?
Kenyul Nurulayeva, the executive director of the Baku-2020 Organizing Committee
We believe in our success.
We have both strong and weak points, like all the other candidates,
but we have many more strong points.
If we compare this application to the one we made for the 2016 games
it was the first time we made such an application
we have improved our position since then.
We have a lot of advantages.
Azerbaijan is a Caucasian country and it would be the first time that the Olympics are held on the Caucasus.
It would be a unique event not only for Azerbaijan, but for the whole region.
And we possess a stable economy, which is a great pro-argument.
Knowing all these facts, we are sure that well succeed,
we are sure that our application will be the one to win.
Does the fact that the application was supported personally the First Lady of Azerbaijan increase the applications chances of being chosen?
I can only say that the state supports the application, and it is very important by itself.
You know that the International Olympic Committee attributes a great deal of importance
to the support of an application by the state administration and by the people of the country that submitted it.
The application is made not for the sake of the organizing committee,
but for the sake of the people of the country, of the region.
So if a state and a people supports an application,
its a good argument to accept the application or the Committee.
95% of Azerbaijanis support the application for the Baku Olympics, and thats a very good result.
It shows that our people support us.
When will the final decision be voiced?
It will be voiced on May 23 in Quebec, Canada.
Of course we are awaiting it with anticipation.
And of course we do all we can to show the world the ways of Azerbaijan, of Baku.