Taleb Rifai: “The first European Games and 4th Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Baku will increase Azerbaijan’s image”

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“2015 First European Games and 2017 Fourth Islamic Solidarity Games to be held in Azerbaijan will increase the country’s image,” said Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in the opening of the 13th Azerbaijan International Travel and Tourism Fair (AITF 2014) and the 8th Caucasus International Hospitality Fair “All for Hotels, Restaurants and Supermarkets (HOREX 2014) in Baku.

 

Taleb Rifai said that he had today met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev: “We congratulated the Azerbaijani President on visa facilitation and the instruction of e-visa system over the past 12 months. We expressed our confidence that this process will go on successfully. In his turn, President Ilham Aliyev said that the current reforms would continue and the process for foreigners traveling to the country would be simplified in the near future.”

 

The Secretary-General underlined that necessary steps are being taken to increase Azerbaijan’s increase in the world.

 

Apa.az