Azernews joins One Young World Global Summit

By Azernews

By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan’s first English language newspaper – Azernews takes part in the One Young World Global Summit, which began its work in Canada’s capital Ottawa on Thursday.

The three-day summit attracted some 1,300 young people from 193 countries.  

The solemn opening ceremony was attended by famous world politicians such as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, first female president of Ireland Mary Robinson, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and the stars of world cinema -- UN goodwill ambassador Emma Watson, Natalia Vodianova and others.

Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, addressing the ceremony, referred to the young people saying that they have the power to transform the world.

The most interesting part of the ceremony was the presentation of the flags of the
participating countries. The flags of all countries were solemnly presented to the audience.

The ceremony also saw the presentation of influential newspapers of the Sparknews organization which brings together 55 well-known and most influential newspapers in the world, including Azernews, La Figaro (France), Al Jazeera plus, la Nation (Argentina), Th Asahi Shimbun (Japan) and LENA (Alliance of leading European newspapers).

Founder of Sparknews Christian de Boisredon also addressed the event. He at first presented to the audience, the Azerbaijani newspaper and invited Editor-in-Chief of Azernews Sevil Mikayilova to the stage.

Azernews is Azerbaijan's first English language newspaper. It has been published since 1997.

Azernews is the newspaper and online publication, regularly covering the current events in Azerbaijan and the Caspian region. The newspaper is an associate member of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).