THE GOVERNMENT PAYS SPECIAL ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT, SAYS KHACHIK ASRIAN
AZG Armenian Daily
03/10/2007
Vice-Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Khachik Asrian is engaged
in the development of sport development. He was asked to tell about
the situation.
He said that the Government of Armenia pays special attention to
the elaboration of policy of sports development and propaganda of
sportive lifestyle both in Yerevan and in the regions. The staff
of the Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry, according to Mr. Asrian,
visit different parts of Armenia and collect information about the
main problems of sports in the regions. Special attention is to be
paid to physical training and sports classes in schools. In general,
the situation of sports in Armenia can be marked as satisfactory,
but there is a number of problems which are to be solved. First of all
sports bases, sports schools and gym halls must be and reconstructed
and provided with all necessary equipment. The next step must be
creation of professional staff of coaches and trainers.
Mr. Asrian assured that in two or three years the Armenian sport will
make a remarkable progress and the sports education system of Armenia
will come to a new level. He said that it was very important putting
the sports and the youth affairs under the jurisdiction of a single
ministry, as the two spheres of the social life ere closely attached,
and the sports can’t be even imagined without new young sportsmen.