The Azerbaijan-China friendship concert organized in Beijing with the joint organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Chinese National Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, supported by Azerbaijan’s embassy in this country, was a focus of attention for mass media.
China’s national news agency Xinhua, the Chinese Central TV, “Jenmin Jibao”, “Global Times” and “China Daily” newspapers, “China.org” and “Chinanews” Internet websites and other mass media have broadly covered the concert, publishing news and broadcasting reports.
It was mentioned in the news that this concert, one of the series of events held in connection with the promotion of Azerbaijan’s rich culture and music in China, would strengthen the friendship and cultural exchange between the two peoples.
Referring to the thoughts of Deputy Prime Minister Ali Ahmadov and Deputy Chairperson of the All-Chinese People’s Political Consultative Board National Committee Shao Kahn, who had addressed the audience before the concert, it is underscored that the relations started at the time of historical Silk Way have been extended further in the contemporary era. Azerbaijan has been taking active part in the implementation of the strategy “One pipeline, one road”, as a country situated on this road.
It is further mentioned that the Azerbaijan State Chamber Orchestra named after Gara Garayev skilfully performed works by Azerbaijani and European composers, popular songs of Azerbaijan, traditional music pieces of China at the concert, organized in the Performance Art National Centre, the biggest concert palace of China.
The Chinese Central Television broadcast the interview by Assistant to the First Vice-president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Executive Director of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Anar Alakbarov.