Delegation Of European Olympic Committee To Visit Armenia On Septemb

[Frangulian Shushan]

DELEGATION OF EUROPEAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO VISIT ARMENIA ON SEPTEMBER 7-9

Noyan Tapan
Sept 05 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. By the invitation of Gagik
Tsarukian, the Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia,
a delegation headed by Patrick Hickey, the newly elected Chairman of
the European Olympic Committee (EOC), a member of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC), the Chairman of the Olympic Committee of
Ireland, will pay an official visit to Armenia on September 7-9. It's
his first official visit on the EOC Chairman's post.

Pamela Vipond, the Deputy Director of the Olympic Solidarity programs
of the IOC and EOC Financial Administration Manager G. De Angeles,
are in the delegation staff.

The goal of the visit is to get acquainted with the Olympic movement
process, dome works, sporting structures and problems arisen in front
of the NOCA.

The guests will meet with the NOCA heads, members of the executive
committee, federation chairmen of different kinds of sport. RA
President Robert Kocharian will receive the delegation.