FIDE President's visit to Baku |
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Thursday, 16 August 2012 07:06 |
![]() Yesterday the 1st President of the Republic of Kalmykia, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Azerbaijan on a working visit, where in Baku he met with H.E. Ilham Aliyev, president of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the meeting, the issues of chess development, in particular the realisation of the Azerbaijan government programme for chess development in 2009-2014, were discussed. Mr. Ilyumzhinov stated that this programme is a good model of the proper government attitude to chess development for other countries. It has also been noted that this programme aims at actively developing chess and the opening chess clubs in each municipality of the country.
As a result of the meeting in Baku, the parties signed an Agreement on cooperation between FIDE, the Ministry of Sports and Youth of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan Chess Federation, outlining the organisation of joint events for the development of chess in Azerbaijan. The Agreement was signed by FIDE President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Minister of Sports and Youth of Azerbaijan, Azad Rahimov and the president of the Chess Federation of Azerbaijan, Elman Rustamov. |