SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Memorial Plaque Placed on School Building constructed after earthquake in China’s Sichuan province by means of funds allocated by Azerbaijan.
As known, earthquake measuring 8 Richter scale in China’s Sichuan Province in May 2008 resulted in great destructions, as well as many school buildings and other social objects destructed. After the incident, by initiative of Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, 1 million USD have been allocated for the construction of school building destructed in Sichuan Province. Within this allocation, construction of modern school complex with all its facilities was started in Xoubaya settlement of high mountainous Wenchuan county in December 2008, main part of the complex was ready in August 2009, in February 2012 all the project related activities were completed.
After consultations between Azerbaijan Embassy to China and local authorities, memorial plaque has been placed on the school building. The plaque notes that being the first after the earthquake, Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, demonstrating high humanity, gave humanitarian aid to disaster victims and played a great role in re-construction of the school in its previous area.
In near future representatives of Azerbaijan Embassy to China will visit Sichuan county and present gifts, as well as visual aids about Azerbaijan to pupils.
08.07.2015 - 16:52
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