The meeting of the President of Azerbaijan, the head of the National Olympic Committee (NOK) Ilham Aliyev with athletes and specialists dedicated to the sports results of the year, caused great enthusiasm among the country’s sports community.
The consistent steps taken towards improving the social status, housing conditions of athletes, the assignment of honorary titles and state awards that distinguished those distinguished in the sports life of Azerbaijan are great motivation, and this repeatedly increases our responsibility. Today we can proudly say that Azerbaijan, whose positions on the world arena are strengthened every year, established itself as a strong sports power.
This was said by Azertaj Firdovsi Umudov, president of the Serkhedchi professional sports club, a colonel of the State Border Service, a participant in the Patriotic War, awarded the head of state of the honorary title “Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports” For Merit in the Development of Sports in Azerbaijan.
An experienced specialist noted that, as in all areas of life of Azerbaijan, great successes have also been achieved in the field of sports. He emphasized that, like the previous years, the 2022nd year was a year for Azerbaijani sports, saturated with many achievements. In some sports, countless victories have been won, prestigious international competitions have been carried out in our country at a high level, quite important works have been done to strengthen the material and technical base of the sports sphere.
“President Ilham Aliyev, who is a worthy follower of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, as a visionary statesman and politician, headed for the transformation of sports into a nationwide movement in order to educate healthy youth and thereby ensure a healthy future for our people. The first vice. -President of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyeva Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva also pays special attention to the development of sports. Today, not only in the capital of Baku, but also in the regions, the construction and commissioning of Olympic sports complexes, various sports facilities, the creation of a powerful material and technical base are a bright manifestation Wise policy aimed at a healthy future of people, ”he said.
noting the role of sports in the education of our youth in the spirit of patriotism, F. Umudov said that the head of state Ilham Aliyev, at a meeting with athletes, emphasized the importance of the sense of patriotism and love for the native land among young people.
Today, our athletes demonstrate great power, determination and will on international arenas, representing the victorious Azerbaijan, he noted.