TWO AZERI MINISTERS VISIT ARMENIA AHEAD OF JUDO COMPETITION

Turan News Agency
Sept 2 2009
Azerbaijan

Baku, 2 September: A delegation lead by Youth and Sports Minister
Azad Rahimov and Labour Minister Fuzuli Alakbarov, who is also the
head of the National Judo Federation, are in Armenia to discuss the
participation of Azerbaijani judo wrestlers in the European Youth
Championship in Yerevan on 11-13 September.

The press service of the Youth and Sports Minister told the Turan news
agency that representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, the European Judo
Federation, and the Executive Committee of the Olympic Committee
signed an agreement on security guarantees for the Azerbaijani
sportsmen participating in the championship.

The conditions include the presence of the Azerbaijani flag together
with those of other participating countries and the raising of the
flag if [an Azerbaijani sportsman] wins first place. Moreover, they
also envisage creating conditions for journalists, free access to
the Internet and other matters.