DATE OF ARMENIANS’ ARRIVAL IN BAKU SPECIFIED
news.az
Apirl 20 2010
Azerbaijan
On April 23 the Armenian junior boxing team will arrive in Baku for
2010 world championship to start on April 25.
According to the first vice-president of the Azerbaijani Boxing
Federation Agahan Abiyev, the Armenian team intended to depart today,
but at the last moment they changed their mind. The Boxing Federation
of Armenia informed the International Amateur Boxing Federation
(AÄ°BA) about the decision to leave for Baku on April 23. AÄ°BA,
in turn, has informed the Azerbaijani Boxing Federation.
Aghajan Abiyev reiterated guarantees of security of Armenian athletes,
as well as all participants of the championship in Baku. According
to him, the Armenian athletes will stay in Azerbaijan until May 3.
The championship was supposed to start on April 23, but due to volcanic
eruption in Iceland and the paralyzed air flights from and to Europe,
most participants will not be able to get to Baku on time.
Thus, the world championship will start on April 25.