Azeri First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva. Photograph courtesy of jassimtaqui.com
Azerbaijan`s First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation – Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva – has today met Farid Mammadov who represented Azerbaijan at Eurovision-2013 song contest in Malmo, Sweden and finished second in the Grand Final.
The First Lady – who was involved in the planning of Eurovision Contest last year in Baku – congratulated Farid Mamadov on his “successful performance and presentation of Azerbaijan`s culture in the final show of the contest”.
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Mrs Aliyeva went on to say that it remarkable how the country has managed to perform consistently well at Eurovision in it’s brief history – where they have not failed to finish in the Top 10 in the Grand Final since they entered the contest in 2008- and puts it down to “good team work”.
Farid Mammadov meets the Azerbaijan First Lady. Photograph courtesy of mehriban-aliyeva.org
Farid Mammadov expressed his gratitude to Mrs Mehriban Aliyeva and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation “for the care and attention shown to him.”
Author/Website co-founder and Editor in Chief Garrett Mulhall
Source – En.Trend.az and Eurovision Ireland
Categories: Azerbaijan, Eurovision Finals 2013
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Updated article with photograph of Farid Mammadov meeting the First Lady of Azerbaijan
that guy definitely deserves his high ranks in contest!
I was impressed how much this woman is doing to support her country’s culture. The singer (Farid) was performing really well on the contest this year.
I hope he told her about what he saw in Sweden free and fair elections and. Excellent human rights!