28/12/2013 13:25
Not all invitees attended Tsarukian’s event because of sport ministry
Gagik Tsarukian, or, to be more precise, Armenia’s Olympic Committee led by him presented awards to the top ten sportsmen of Armenia at Pharaoh Restaurant yesterday, ‘Hraparak’ paper writes.
The chief of the Presidential Staff Vigen Sargsyan represented President Serzh Sargsyan at the event. Former President Robert Kocharian was also present.
“The event was overshadowed due to differences between the Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry and Armenia’s Olympic Committee. The day before ministry employees called heads of sports schools and various sportsmen, urging them not to attend the awards ceremony. For this reason some of the invitees, being afraid of consequences, did not participate in the event,” ‘Hraparak’ says.