BAKU, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The fifth international boxing tournament Great Silk Way kicked off in Azerbaijan's capital Baku on Tuesday, press service of the country's Boxing Federation said.

The tournament features boxers from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, India, Moldova, Qatar and the host.

To run until March 9, the tournament will also decide who will represent Azerbaijan for the April Olympic qualifier in Trabzon, Turkey.