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AZERBAIJAN PROTESTS KARABAKH'S PARTICIPATION IN CONIFA WORLD FOOTBALL CUP
Interfax, Russia
Feb 6 2014
BAKU. Feb 6
The Association of the Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA)
has expressed its protest over the expected participation of the
national team of the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" ("NKR")
in the first world soccer championship among the unrecognized states,
the AFFA said in a press release on Thursday.
A letter containing the protest has been sent to the Confederation of
Independent Football Federations (ConIFA), which organizes the first
world soccer premiership among the unrecognized states in Sweden on
June 1-8.
Soccer players from Nagorno-Karabakh have also been invited to take
part in the tournament.
The self-proclaimed "NKR" was created on an Azerbaijani territory
occupied by Armenia and it has not been recognized by a single state
or international organization, the AFFA said in its letter to ConIFA.
AFFA has strongly condemned the participation in the first world
championship among the unrecognized states of the team representing
the occupied Azeri territories, and has expressed its protest over it.
Due to the tournament taking place in Sweden, this country's Football
Federation has sent a letter to FIFA (International Federation of
Association Football), the statement said.
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Interfax, Russia
Feb 6 2014
BAKU. Feb 6
The Association of the Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA)
has expressed its protest over the expected participation of the
national team of the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" ("NKR")
in the first world soccer championship among the unrecognized states,
the AFFA said in a press release on Thursday.
A letter containing the protest has been sent to the Confederation of
Independent Football Federations (ConIFA), which organizes the first
world soccer premiership among the unrecognized states in Sweden on
June 1-8.
Soccer players from Nagorno-Karabakh have also been invited to take
part in the tournament.
The self-proclaimed "NKR" was created on an Azerbaijani territory
occupied by Armenia and it has not been recognized by a single state
or international organization, the AFFA said in its letter to ConIFA.
AFFA has strongly condemned the participation in the first world
championship among the unrecognized states of the team representing
the occupied Azeri territories, and has expressed its protest over it.
Due to the tournament taking place in Sweden, this country's Football
Federation has sent a letter to FIFA (International Federation of
Association Football), the statement said.
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