Baku, Azerbaijan, June 13
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
The opening ceremony of the first European Games in Baku was grandiose and Azerbaijan demonstrated the highest Olympic standards, Emil Huseynli, chairman of the 'Support for youth development - Dushunce' public association, told Trend June 13.
Commenting on a campaign of discrediting Azerbaijan, Huseynli said that the Euronews channel demonstrated nothing in connection with the opening ceremony of the first European Games in Baku.
"What kind of a European channel is this if it didn't cover such a big-scale project? Doesn't this look like a good example of double standards and biased position? How can it be like that, when this channel has, several times, covered the issue of the so-called armenian genocide," Huseynli said.
"The first European Games have become an important event in the history of the world sport and have brought new standards to the presentation of sports, having an important place in the life of mankind," he said.
"Azerbaijan, which has been independent for only 24 years, made history, while the countries with hundreds years of independence failed to achieve that," said the NGO head.
When being in the spotlight of the whole world, Azerbaijan has shown its power, history, the present and the past, to the world, Huseynli added.
He regretted that some foreign circles became envious of this grand opening ceremony.
"Failed to find other reasons to discredit the First European Games, the foreign anti-Azerbaijani network only could put forward primitive and absurd claims by using unacceptable methods," he said.
Huseynli added that some foreign media outlets couldn't conceal their biased attitude this time either.
The NGO head said that the attempts of anti-Azerbaijani forces will be ineffective and won't gain support.
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28. There is 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