2024-09-03 16:30:30
The Ministry of Sports issued a statement in which reference was made to the interview of Arakel Mirzoyan, the European gold and world silver medalist in Weightlifting, where he called Gagik Tsarukyan a “sports leader”.
“Arakel Mirzoyan, European gold and world silver medalist in weightlifting, called Gagik Tsarukyan, who is only the chairman of the NGO “National Olympic Committee of Armenia” a “sports leader”, in an interview with “168 zam” newspaper. We would not address such a publication if it was not of a periodic nature and had no special trend.
Deliberately uttered similar wordings are often repeated in the mass media, for example, the expressions “head of national sports”, “head of the field of national sports”, so we clarify.
The head of the sports sector is the RA Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, who manages the ministry, who is appointed and dismissed by the RA President on the recommendation of the RA Prime Minister.
The minister carries out the functions assigned to him by RA legislation, and is also responsible for the development and implementation of the state policy in the areas entrusted to him and the prospective development of the current situation,” the statement said.