TURKISH, ARMENIAN PRESIDENTS RECEIVE PEACE AND SPORT IMAGE OF THE YEAR AWARD

PanARMENIAN.Net
05.12.2008 16:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Serzh Sargsyan Turkey and Armenia have been presented
with Peace and Sport Image of the Year Award by Monaco-based Peace
and Sport Organization.

The organization said in a statement posted in its web-site, "this
distinction for the best image of fraternization through sport was
awarded for a photograph of the historic handshake between Turkish
President Abdullah Gul and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan during
the World Cup qualifier between Turkey and Armenia on Sept. 6, 2008.

Mahmut Ozgener, president of the Turkish Football Federation, received
the award on behalf of President Gul from Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Ozgener said during the ceremony that President Gul’s historic visit
to Armenia proved that sport was a powerful instrument bringing peoples
together and ensuring world peace, the Anatolian Agency reports.

The Peace and Sport Organization aims to use sport to educate
individuals and communities across the world about peace. It acts to
promote sport as a basis for efficient political actions and a tool
for peace.