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WHERE WILL ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN PLAY?

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Tomorrow in Brussels game schedule of 1st group of elimination matches will be arranged. Armenian team is involved in that group and is to play with Portugal, Poland, Serbia, Belgium, Finland, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

The places Armenian and Azeri teams' meetings will also be decided. Armenian delegation left for Brussels today where it will present variants worked out here. If the parties do not come to agreement UEFA will present its game schedules which ought to be followed by the teams.

Before the discussion Azeris announced number of times that it's impossible to hold Azerbaijan-Armenia meeting in Baku, and later in Yerevan. Heads of Football Federation of Azerbaijan even sent a letter to UEFA where Armenia is compromised. The letter says that Armenia has realized multiple violations toward Azeris and occupied 20% of the country's territory. In its reply UEFAstated that the meetings must be held in Armenia and Azerbaijan in accordance with established order and the parties are obliged to guarantee players’ and fans’ security. Armenian Football Federation concurs with UEFA and several times expressed readiness to receive Azerbaijan in Yerevan and provided security guarantees go to Baku.