Baku, Azerbaijan, June 11
Trend:
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Azerbaijan June 11-13, Belarusian presidency told BelTA agency.
The head of state will take part in the official opening ceremony of the First European Games in Baku June 12.
Moreover, Belarusian president will hold a number of bilateral meetings and visit the sports facilities in Baku.
Baku 2015 is the first ever European Games, an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent which will take place on June 12-28, 2015.
There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition.
Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
Edited by SI