Uruguayan soccer club to reject Azeri sponsorshipDecember 17, 2014 - 14:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - All candidates for the post of president of Uruguayan soccer club Peñarol announced they would refuse a possible sponsorship of Azerbaijan, Prensa Armenia reported. According to the Armenian National Committee of Uruguay, despite their differences all the candidates agree that the discriminatory conditions Azerbaijan proposed to the Argentine club San Lorenzo earlier this year were unacceptable. In July, in exchange for a lucrative contract with the club, Azeri officials demanded "there couldn't be ethnic Armenians" in future executive committees of San Lorenzo club. The current president of Peñarol seeking re-election, Juan Pedro Damiani, said that in case of a similar proposal "we will act the same way as San Lorenzo" and added that "it strikes me that Atletico Madrid could accept this sponsor." Marcelo Areco, another candidate, described the conditions imposed by Azerbaijan to San Lorenzo as "unfortunate and shameful". Ricardo Rachetti described as "outrageous" any proposal that intended to discriminate any person. Ignacio Ruglio said that "regardless of the size of the organization making the offer, no one can impose discriminative conditions" and finally Edgar Welker, current Vice President of the club, said that "accepting conditions of this nature would be really unfortunate." Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |