YEREVAN, 3 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s participation in the First European Games in Baku is pointless. This is what chief coach for the Armenian national Greco-Roman style wrestling team Levon Julfalakyan said in an interview with “Armenpress”. “First, I doubt that Azerbaijan will ensure our athletes’ safety. Their safety comes first. Today, there are shootings on the border every day, the Azerbaijanis are downing Armenian helicopters or killing Armenians in their sleep, and no international organization is applying sanctions against Azerbaijan.

After all that, I think it would be lack of self-respect for Armenian athletes to show respect and go. Armenia has to let everyone know that Armenians have self-respect. Participation in the Baku Games is pointless and meaningless,” Julfalakyan said. Julfalakyan also stated that the Armenian Wrestling Federation has already made a decision and has considered participating in those games meaningless. “The Azerbaijanis will do everything possible to make sure the Armenian athletes return without any medals,” the team’s chief coach said.