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One of the greatest Olympic villages in the world will be built in Baku for the First European Games Baku 2015, Jim Scherr, the Chief Operating Officer of Baku 2015 European Games Operation Committee told Trend on September 26.

"The Olympic village in Baku will have good infrastructure," he said. "All facilities for the First European Olympic Games will meet the highest requirements and will be of high quality."

Scherr stressed that the Organizing Committee is controlling all preparatory activities for holding the Games, including the restoration of existing facilities, construction of new ones and modernization of the transport infrastructure.

"Several operations have been finished," he added. "If to take into account that we still have two and a half years, then you can witness for the next three or four months that a big part of the work will be completed."

Sherr said organizing the competitions, guest reception, and servicing will be brought to the highest level for the beginning of the Games.

"Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done," he said. "So, the operations are being conducted on a tight schedule. Considering that little time left before the competitions, of course, we will rapidly continue working."

The General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee was held in Rome on December 7-8, 2012. The representatives of 49 National Olympic Committees have by the secret ballot and a majority of votes chosen Baku to be the host city of the inaugural European Games to start in Baku in 2015. More details of the "First European Games Baku 2015" at www.baku2015.com and Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+.