EUROPEAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HEAD ARRIVING IN ARMENIA SEPTEMBER 7

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.09.2006 16:57 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Newly appointed President of the European
Olympic Committee (EOC) Patrick Hickey will visit Armenia September
7-9. According to Liaison Officer of the Information Department of the
National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Armenia, USSR master of sports on
gymnastics Natella Ovsapyan, the EOC President is invited to arrive
in Yerevan by Chair of the NOC of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan. Hickey
is scheduled to meet with President Robert Kocharian, as well as NOC
leaders, members of the Executive Committee, chairs of various sport
federations, well-known representatives of the Armenian sport world.

"The visit aims at familiarization with the Olympic movement of Armenia
and the tasks of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Armenia,"
she underscored.

"This is the first official visit of Patrick Hickey as the EOC
President," N. Ovsapyan said, adding that he is member of the
International Olympic Committee and Chair of the Olympic Committee
of Ireland, reports Novosti-Armenia.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress