CULTURE
ARTEK APPLAUDS YOUNG TALENTS OF AZERBAIJAN
“I was very happy and proud of our children representing a new talented generation of independent Azerbaijan”, the Ambassador said. "Our children played first fiddle in creative competitions, during disputes and press conferences. When the anthem of Azerbaijan sounded at the ceremony, 25 Azerbaijani young talents put hands on their hearts and sang the anthem, he added.
Azerbaijani children were dressed in national costumes of Azerbaijan, and raised a great sympathy of the head of Tutors’ Council of All Ukrainian Charity Fund of Hope and Kindness, Ukrainian President’s wife Ludmila Kuchma, Chairman of the State Committee for Family and Youth Affairs, Valentina Dovtzenko, foreign ambassadors, participants and guests of the festival. Young envoys of Azerbaijan promoted children’s diplomacy, friendly relationships between the countries, peace and stability by their creation and activities. An Appeal was passed according to the results of the Day of Peace, Talat Aliyev said.
Azerbaijan has been splendidly represented at the exhibition in “Artek”. It consists of handcrafts, carpets, fragments of on-rock pictures from Gobustan and others.
Ambassador Talat Aliyev handed in Azerbaijani souvenirs to the General Director of the International Children’s Centre “Artek”, Valery Palchik. The festival will finish its work on August 4.