GYUMRI, AUGUST 5, ARMENPRESS. Over 11,000 visitors are expected to arrive in Gyumri, Armenia’s second-largest city, for the 8th Pan-Armenian Summer Games, a multi-sport event held between competitors from the Armenian diaspora and Armenia.

The opening ceremony will take place on August 5, at 21:00 in the Shirak Stadium.

Over 7,160 participants will compete in the 19-event sports competition. 2000 volunteers are involved in the preparations.

Organizers have said that this year the Pan-Armenian Games will be ‘unprecedented.’

“The 8th Games will be unprecedented in terms of both geography of participating countries and the number of participants,” Anna Vardanyan, the head of the Pan-Armenian Games World Committee press service told ARMENPRESS. She said that the event will feature participants from 179 cities of 41 countries. This year’s event, held under its traditional motto – Unity Through Sports - will feature the very first participation of athletes from Chile, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Saudi Arabia and India.