YEREVAN, AUGUST 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Minister of Sport and Youth Issues Armen Grigorian on July 31 received members of the International Ice Hockey Federation Council Alexander Sterli (Russia), Frederick Meredith (UK), and Hanes Ederer (Switzerland). During the meeting, the sides discussed the reasons for Armenia national team's not participating in the 3rd group's world championship in Ireland early this year. At that time the Armenian hockey players were not granted entry visas by the Irish embassy in Moscow. The International Ice Hockey Federation does not allow the Armenian team to take part in the world championship in 2008. In this connection the guests promised that they will put this issue on the agenda of the International Ice Hockey Federation Exective Committee's meeting to be held in Zurich in August, and they will try to make this decision invalid. On the same day the guests went to the Tsitsernakaberd Sport and Concert Complex where repair work is underway. They said that if an auxiliary skating rink is build in the complex, it will become possible to hold big international ice hockey competitions in Yerevan.

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