Tajik Minister visits National Flag Square in Baku
Baku, September 4 (AZERTAC). Tajik Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Resources Rahmat Bobokalonov has visited the National Flag Square in Baku.
He was told that confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, the flag here flies on a pole 162 meters high and measures 70 by 35 meters. The square features the state symbols of Azerbaijan (the coat of arms and the anthem) and the map of the country.
The Minister viewed the National Flag Museum.
The museum exhibits flags and emblems of historical states that existed in Azerbaijan as well as khanates, constitutions of Azerbaijan adopted in past years, postal stamps, banknotes, orders, medals, flags kissed at the inauguration ceremonies by national leader Heydar Aliyev and President Ilham Aliyev, flag of Supreme Commander-in-chief, and ceremonial costumes.
The Tajik Minister was informed of construction of grandiose Baku Crystal Hall, the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
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