OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV ATTENDS REOPENING OF BAKU GREEN THEATER
President Ilham Aliyev accompanied by first lady Mehriban Aliyeva arrived at the Theater to take part in the ceremony attended by state and government officials and residents of the Azerbaijan’s capital.
The Azerbaijani leader addressed the audience.
After that, a concert of popular performers, accompanied by a film about the past and the present of the Green Theater, was held.
The Green Theater built in 60s of the last century had been one of the Baku residents’ favorite places to rest and entertain. The most popular artists from Azerbaijan and former USSR, as well as renowned foreign ones performed on its stage. Later, however, the theater became run-down and stopped functioning.
Taking into account the theater’s significance for Baku, in August 2005, President Ilham Aliyev gave an order on its major reconstruction.
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After the ceremony, President Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva watched a resplendent fireworks display to mark Heydar Aliyev’s 84th birthday.