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Армянские спортсмены прибыли в Баку для участия в I Европейских Играх.

Армянские спортсмены прибыли в Баку для участия в I Европейских Играх.

10 June 2015

Все готово для открытия I Европейских Игр, которые пройдут в Баку с 12 по 28 июня. Более шести тысяч спортсменов из европейских стран будут соревноваться в двадцати различных видах спорта.

Эти игры станут самым большим международным событием когда-либо проводившихся в Азербайджане. Специально для игр успешно и в очень короткие сроки была реализована огромная инфраструктурная программа.

Игры проходят на фоне споров. Критики правительства Азербайджана заявляют, что миллиарды долларов, которые Азербайджан потратил на подготовку к играм могли быть лучше использованы для развития других проектов. Но самая серьезная критика обрушилась на Баку из-за кампании по подавлению правозащитников, которая имело место в течение нескольких месяцев до проведения игр. Основные правозащитные организации и международные средства массовой информации раскритиковали действия Азербайджана, а некоторые призвали бойкотировать игры. Но официально ни одна из европейских стран и Европейского Союза не отказалась от участия в них и пожелала успехов в их проведении.

Международные команды со всей Европы уже начали прибывать в Азербайджане на церемонию открытия, которая состоится в пятницу. Среди гостей есть группа из Армении, состоящая из шестнадцати спортсменов. Политические наблюдатели приветствовали участие сборной Армении в этих играх, и рассматривают это как позитивный знак в укреплении доверия между этими двумя странами Южного Кавказа, которые втянуты в конфликт по поводу будущего Нагорного Карабаха и других вопросов.

Источник: commonspace.eu

 

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