YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. RA government will allocate 5 mln drams (nearly 22.2 thousand USD) from its reserve fund to the Physical Culture and Sport State Committee for giving to the Armenian Chess Federation for the purpose of giving a monetary prize to international grand master Levon Aronian who took the first place in the 2005 Chess World Cup Tournament held in the town of Khanty-Mansiysk. As Noyan Tapan was informed by RA government's Information and Public Relations Department, this decision was made at the government's December 22 sitting.

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