November 25, 2004 - "Gulustan" palace of Baku hosted Global ICT Conference "Digital Divide and Knowledge Economy: Problems and Solutions". Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Mr. Peter Bruck, Chairman of World Summit Award (WSA) organization, Mr. Ahmet Toumi, Director General of International Telecommunication Satellite Organization (ITSO), Mr. Nurudin Mukhitdinov, Director General of Regional Union in the Field of Communication of CIS Countries - RSS, and other representatives attended the opening ceremony. More than 70 representatives from about 40 countries participated in the opening ceremony of the conference.

Mr. Abid Sharifov, Deputy Prime-minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies and other responsible persons of the government entities represented the Government of Azerbaijan. The event was also attended by the representatives of foreign embassies, international and national organizations, and private sector.

Attending the ceremony, Deputy Prime-minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Abid Sharifov distributed the congratulation letter of Mr. Ilham Aliyev, Prezident of the Azerbaijan Republic to the attention of participants.

Mr. Ali Abbasov, Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union, Mr. Ahmet Toumi, Director General of International Telecommunication Satellite Organization, Mr. Marco Borsotti, UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative, Mr. Nurudin Mukhitdinov and Mr. Peter Bruck, Chairman of World Summit Award (WSA) delivered speeches.

The conference will be continued in November 26, 2004 in Hyatt Regency Hotel.

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