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Scandal between Azerbaijani and Armenian teams broke â€œbrain-ringâ€ competition in Georgia

04 August 2011 09:41 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Habil Suleymanzadeh â€“ APA. â€œThe competition was broken by the provocation of Armenians and we responded their provocationâ€, captain of the Azerbaijani team at the South Caucasian â€œbrain-ringâ€ intellectual competition in Georgia Balash Gasimov told APA.

He said Armenian team joined the competition in T-shirts with logotype â€œArtsakh-Alkoâ€. Azerbaijani team and organizers of the competition demanded them to leave these T-shirts, but they refused to do it under the pretext that â€œArtsakh-Alkoâ€ company sponsors their team. â€œIn response to the Armenians, we came to the competition in T-shirts with â€œKhanate of Iravana, Azerbaijan. Since 1604â€ written on it.

Balash Gasimov said this step caused hysteric reaction of the Armenians. â€œThey refused to compete with the Azerbaijani team and left the competition. The organizers were forced to suspend the competitionâ€.

Balash Gasimov accused the Armenians in attempt to politicize the intellectual game and said they got an answer they deserved. â€œEveryone, including the organizers, saw that the scandal began with the provocation of the Armenians. Of course, we didnâ€™t leave their action without response. This move describing the historic past of Iravan shocked the Armenians and they left the competition being at faultâ€.

The South Caucasian â€œbrain-ringâ€ intellectual games were held in Batumi, Georgia on July 29-31, 2011. The competition was organized by Georgia. The competition was broken because Armenian team came in T-shirts with logotype â€œArtsakh-Alkoâ€.

Last year Armenian side attempted to hold Armenian â€œbrain-ringâ€ championship in Khankendi, but the International Clubs Association annulled the license of this competition.