APOLOGY DID NOT SAVE AZERBAIJAN
Support A1+!As we have already informed, during the youth world karate championship held in Cyprus the Azeri sportsmen attacked the Armenians. The Chairman of the RA Karate Federation Grigor Miqaelyan rendered a press conference today representing the details of the incident. He mentioned that it had an influence on the Armenian sportsmen and helped them to win medals.
The assault of the Azeris took place on November 11 in Limasol during the opening ceremony. 15-20 Azeri sportsmen attacked the 5 Armenians. «They attacked them suddenly and started to insult them in Russian and Azerbaijani. First our boys were only defending themselves. But seeing them beat an 11-12-year-old boy who war carrying the Armenian flag they started to hit them too. All this took place in front of the eyes of 57 delegations and the audience», Grigor Miqaelyan said.
Azerbaijan took part in the championship, but was disqualified with the term of one year by the World Karate Federation.
The Azeri side never said why they organized the attack. “The chairman of their federation and the members of the delegation apologized to us. Besides, in the evening they apologized once again in the hotel, and the chairman of the federation said he will report about this to the President of the country”.
