Issue of Armenian citizenship of Brazilian volleyball players to be decided in September

PanARMENIAN.Net - In January 2009, the National Olympic Committee of Armenia invited six Brazilian volleyball players, including 2 girls who were to represent Armenia at the Olympic Games and other international competitions.



According to the president of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan, the Brazilian athletes were supposed to get Armenian passports as early as January.



As Khachatur Asmaryan, Armenian president of the Volleyball Federation of Armenia told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, some problems arose in obtaining Armenian citizenship, and the issue will be finally resolved in September.



"There have been some problems in obtaining dual citizenship. At the moment, Brazilians are at home. We need volleyball players who can earn scores in the Olympic Games," Mr. Asmaryan noted.



With regard to the development of volleyball in the country as a whole, Mr. Asmaryan noted that the emphasis is on the beach volleyball, but also for the development of that sport 9 million drams of public funding is not enough.