Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 25 / Trend , E.Ostapenko/
Chairman of the Czech Senate, Přemysl Sobotka on Sept. 25 at the Baku Slavic University (BSU) presented awards to two Azerbaijani children for participation in the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts in Lidice.
The awarded Vusal Isgandarli and Nazrin Valiyeva participated in the 37th International Exhibition of Fine Arts-2009 in the Czech town of Lidice.
"The history of every nation has tragic pages. All of Lidice was burned down during the Second World War, the population was exterminated and the town became a symbol of the tragedy of World War II," Sobotka said, when presenting awards.
On Sept. 25, the BSU hosted a meeting of the Czech delegation, headed by Senate Chairman Sobotka.
He expressed satisfaction that there is a university studying Slavic languages in Baku.
"Those students who study the Czech language can be adopted in diplomacy and Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Tahir Taghizadeh can serve as a good example of this," said Sobotka.
He said besides the diplomatic service, business contacts are under development between the countries. "Our businessmen have already begun to develop contacts with their Azerbaijani counterparts," he said.
Azerbaijan, like the Czech Republic, spent much time in an atmosphere of lack of freedom and a totalitarian system, said Sobotka. He appealed to cherish democratic values. "Protect your freedom and democracy, because life in freedom and democracy is much more beautiful," he said.
Sobotka gave the rector of BSU Kamal Abdullah a book about the Czech Senate in the English and Czech languages, promising to facilitate the opening of the Czech center and library at the university in the near future.