SPORT VICTORIES MAY CONTRIBUTE TO INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF
NAGORNO-KARABAKH
Stepanakert, January 13. ArmInfo. President of the Teakwondo
Federation of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Vrezh Khachikyan is paying
a visit to Stepanakert.
ArmInfo’s own correspondent in Stepanakert reports Khachikyan to say
that there are three taekwondo clubs in Stepanakert and one club in
Shushi. 150 children are trained there for free. Some Nagorno-Karabakh
sportsmen have even won international competitions. For example, Karen
Avanessyan has won the third place at an international competition in
Russia. He and David Sahinyan have won medals in Iran. "We planned to
take part under the flag of Nagorno-Karabakh but because of hysteria
by some countries our sportsmen represented Armenia," says
Khachikyan. He says that they are planning to actively develop
teakwondo in Nagorno-Karabakh. "I am sure that sport victories will
contribute to the recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh in the world," says
Khachikyan.