PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK NARRATING ABOUT AZERBAIJAN HELD IN PARIS
Opening ceremony, journalist Jean - Claude Bure has reminded that after collapse of the USSR, former republics have found independence and became sovereign states, has especially emphasized that Azerbaijan outstrips the other CIS countries on the democratic structure and economic development, spoke about growth of interest of the West to Azerbaijan possessing rich natural resources, increase of its authority on international arena, value of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, has emphasized great value of the book from the point of view of recognition of Azerbaijan by the international public.
Speaking at the action, Mr. Adnan Agaev has noted that the public of the western countries had primitive representation about the Azerbaijan realities. He has emphasized that aspires to destroy slander distributed by Armenia about Azerbaijan, inform up to the French readers, world community the truth on Azerbaijan, has shortly informed on the questions mentioned in the book.
In the book, has been the brief information on the history, geographical position, territory, the population, ethnic groups, the language, separate regions of Azerbaijan, narrated about petroleum industry, reminded about the disasters the oil-rich country passed in its history, the readers are in detail informed about Khojali tragedy.
The book presents materials about public, political, economic and cultural life of Azerbaijan.
The book is very valuable source from the point of view of popularization of Azerbaijan in the Western world and studying of its realities.