NGO WANTS VISIT OF AZERI SPORTSMEN TO ARMENIA CANCELLED

Turan News Agency
Azerbaijan
Sept 3 2009

Baku, 3 September: An attempt by activists of the Karabakh Liberation
Organization (KLO) to meet Minister of Youth and Sports Azad
Rahimov on Thursday [3 September] grew into a brawl. The activists
wanted to "clarify" issues related to his visit to Armenia. The KLO
representatives also intended to demand that the minister cancel
the trip of Azerbaijani judoists to Yerevan on 9-13 September to
participate in a European youth championship.

The security service of the ministry and support staff met the KLO
representatives "aggressively", the KLO press release said. However,
the KLO activists broke into the building where they clashed with
employees of the ministry. Force was used against KLO members, and
some of them received bodily injuries.

[Passage omitted: repetition]

An Azerbaijani delegation visited Armenia in order to tackle issues
related to the security of Azerbaijani judoists at a European youth
championship in Yerevan.