RUSSIA, ARMENIA TO EXPAND OLYMPIC COOPERATION
ITAR-TASS News Agency, Russia
February 12, 2007 Monday 11:57 AM EST
The president of the Russian Olympic Committee, Leonid Tyagachev,
and the president of the Russian Association of Olympic Winter Sports
and presidential property manager, Vladimir Kozhin, visited Armenia
at the invitation of its President Robert Kocharyan.
Tyagachev and Kozhin visited the sport base in Tsakhkadzor, which is
quite popular among Russian athletes. "It is a good place for training
in sports connected with endurance. Russian skiers are training
there now for the world championship in Nagano," the spokesman of
the Russian Olympic Committee, Gennady Shvets, said.
In his words, Russia provides substantial financial support to the
base, and this cooperation will continue to expand in the interests
of both countries.
The parties are preparing a series of agreements on the modernisation
and operation of sport bases and the exchange of specialists and
information, and other forms of cooperation.
Several Armenian ministers and businessmen attended the meeting.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
