More than 100,000 people signed a nationwide campaign in five days supporting Baku’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, including the country’s President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva.
Konul Nurullayeva, CEO of Baku 2020 said, “this deluge of signatures, which are being collected in towns and cities all over the country by one of the national youth groups, graphically demonstrates the huge passion and desire that people in Azerbaijan have to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“It also backs up the results of our opinion poll, submitted in the Applicant File, which showed an amazing 95 per cent support for the bid.
“The positive environmental, social and economic impact of Baku 2020 is almost impossible to calculate. And the legacy for sport in Azerbaijan will transform the lives of athletes for generations to come. That is why there is such an amazing passion in Azerbaijan for hosting the Games in Baku”.
Nurullayeva added, “our bid is not only about what the Olympic Games can do for Baku and Azerbaijan, however. Our slogan, ‘Together we can’, proposes a partnership with the Olympic Movement.
“Baku 2020 offers an historic opportunity for a new chapter in Olympic history, and thanks to our location bridging east and west, Baku will open new and lucrative markets for the IOC and its partners”.
