AZERBAIJANI MINISTERS GO TO YEREVAN

Azerbaijan Business Center
Aug 28 2009

Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The Azerbaijani ministers go to Yerevan for the
first time after 20% of Azerbaijani lands were occupied by Armenia.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Youth and Sports reports that youth
and sports minister Azad Rahimov and minister of labor and social
protection and president of the Azerbaijani Judo Federation Fizuli
Alakparov go to Yerevan. The visit aims at providing of participation
of Azerbaijani delegation in the championship of Europe on judo,
to be held in Armenian capital in September.

Within the frames of visit of ministers new agreement is planned
to be concluded between the sports departments of two countries,
in accordance of which receiving party obliges to solve all issues,
connected with safety and organizational moments. So, in the case of
victory of the Azerbaijani sportsman the flag of the republic should
be raised, the hymn of the republic should sound, and at this moment
all people in the hall should rise. In addition, all issues of the
information support of the Azerbaijani delegation should be solved.

In 2007, similar agreement was concluded by the parties to provide
participation of Armenian delegation in the World Championship
Wrestling which passed in Baku. The European Judo Union, the European
Olympic Committee and the Armenian authorized bodies are guarantors
of new agreement.