FIDE president invites Armenian journalists to World Cup and Olympiad in Baku

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21.01.2013, 14:18

President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov invited Armenian journalists to the World Cup and Olympiad to be held in Baku in 2015-2016, Novosti-Armenia Agency reported.

FIDE president invites Armenian journalists to World Cup and Olympiad in Baku

YEREVAN, January 21. /ARKA/. President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov invited Armenian journalists to the World Cup and Olympiad to be held in Baku in 2015-2016, Novosti-Armenia Agency reported.

Ilyumzhinov expressed willingness to accompany Armenian journalists.

“Please, dear journalists, we will provide transportation and living, a five-star hotel. If you want to be a FIDE observer in Baku, I invite you all,” Ilyumzhinov said at a press conference in Armenian town of Tsakhkadzor.

World Chess Cup 2015 and the Chess Olympiad 2016 are to be held in Baku. –0--

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