Azerbaijan has overcome hatred, allowing an Armenian football player enter Baku
15:17, 14 February, 2015
YEREVAN, 14 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. An unprecedented event has taken
place in Azerbaijan, which has declared all Armenians as enemies.
Armenian member of the S-17 Russian national football team David
Ghazaryan has been allowed to participate in the match to be held in
Baku. This is what secretary of the Football Federation of Azerbaijan
Elkhan Mammadov told journalists today, mentioning that “that football
player was substantially investigated”, as “Armenpress” reports,
citing the Azerbaijani faktxeber.com.
“He is Armenian, but he is a citizen of Russia. We appealed to the
corresponding bodies. There won’t be any problem with that,” he said,
mentioning that the necessary measures will be taken to ensure the
Armenian football player’s safety in Baku.