Newly appointed President of the European Olympic Committee (EOC) Patrick Hickey will visit Armenia September 7-9. According to Liaison Officer of the Information Department of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Armenia, USSR master of sports on gymnastics Natella Ovsapyan, the EOC President is invited to arrive in Yerevan by Chair of the NOC of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan. Hickey is scheduled to meet with President Robert Kocharian, as well as NOC leaders, members of the Executive Committee, chairs of various sport federations, well-known representatives of the Armenian sport world.
“The visit aims at familiarization with the Olympic movement of Armenia and the tasks of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Armenia,” she underscored. “This is the first official visit of Patrick Hickey as the EOC President,” N. Ovsapyan said, adding that he is member of the International Olympic Committee and Chair of the Olympic Committee of Ireland, reports Novosti-Armenia.
