[ 06 Juny 2015 19:38 ]
Baku – APA. The Baku-2015 flame on Saturday was brought to Gobustan before it arrives in its final destination in Baku, the host city of the first-ever European Games.
The final stage of the relay race outside the capital city has started from near the Archeological Museum in Gobustan National Reserve. Sabina Qadirova, the winner of the “Tomorrow’s Scientists’ contest, the History Olympiad, and the “Heydar Aliyev-92 essay” contest, started the 1.8-km race, the Baku-2015 Organizing Committee told APA.
The race was concluded with Leyla Zeynalova, an international contest laureate who has rekindled another flame of Baku-2015 and has been granted presidential stipend, entering a stage set up on the road.
The flame, which is a gift from Baku-2015 to the national park, was presented by Narmin Huseynli, the guide of Gobustan National Historical-Artistic Preserve.
It was announced that the Baku-2015 flame is ready to head to the capital. The flame will be carried to Baku tomorrow and will remain in the city until June 12 – the date the first-ever European Games opens at a historical moment for Azerbaijan.
The event continued with an artistic program dedicated to Baku-2015.
