Saturday, 1 March 2025

March 01, 2025

 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Joan Laporta, the president of FC Barcelona, on Saturday. It was announced that an agreement was signed to establish a Barcelona academy in the country, as confirmed by the Azerbaijani presidency.


According to a media statement, Laporta expressed to the country's president that "Azerbaijan has great potential for cooperation," and this is precisely why he made his second visit to Baku in a short period of time.





The statement added that during the conversation, they discussed the country's interest in "developing sports in Azerbaijan, including football," emphasizing that the country "hosts prestigious international sports competitions as well as world-class football matches at the highest level."


Laporta and Aliyev also exchanged views on matters related to the future activities of the academy, and they also discussed issues of cooperation in developing youth football in the country.



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