DEPUTY OF PRESIDENT OF IRAN TO BE PRESENT AT FOURTH WORLD GAMES
Noyan Tapan
Aug 06 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Armen Grigorian, the RA Minister
of Sport and Youth Affairs, received Ali Akbar Jokar, the Deputy
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Armenia, on August 3.
The prospects of the development of the sporting relations between the
two countries were discussed during the meeting. The Deputy Ambassador
of Iran expressed hope that these relations will become deeper. He
also declared that Ali Abadi, a coordinator of sport issues and the
Deputy of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be
present at the fourth world games.
Armen Grigorian mentioned in his turn that the development rhythm of
Armenian sport was not broken in the difficult years for Armenia,
that is to say after the collapse of the Soviet Union, due to the
establishment of sporting relations with Iran. The Minister also
stressed that the representative teams of separate kinds of sport of
Armenia every year take part in the international competitions named
"10 Days of Sunrise", which are held in Iran.
The interlocutors agreed to jointly develop a program of bilateral
cooperation in the sphere of sport.