11/03/2015 15:25
Minister welcomes Armenian athletes’ participation in European Games in Baku
Armenian Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Gabriel Ghazaryan considered as positive the decision of the Executive Committee of Armenia’s National Olympic Committee that Armenian athletes will participate in the first European Olympic Games to be held in Baku in June 2015.
In his words, the national federations should work to prepare sportsmen for the European Olympics. He also stressed the importance of the fact that Presidents of the International Olympic Committee and the European Olympic Committee gave security guarantees to Armenian athletes.
The minister said that refusal to participate in the European Games would damage sportsmen’s careers and Armenia’s rating in the international sport arena.