ArmInfo. A meeting of the organizing committee of the 7th Pan- Armenian Summer Games was held headed by Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan. According to the vice-premier's staff, the range of work was determined, as well as other organizational issues.
The Seventh Pan-Armenian Games will be held on August 5-17 in Artsakh. The official opening ceremony will be held in the capital of the Republic - Stepanakert. This year is a jubilee year - it is 20 years since they were launched, and therefore an unprecedented number of athletes are expected to participate. This is already evidenced by received applications.
17 sports, of which 14 olympic sports are included in the competitive program. More than 6.7 thousand Armenian athletes from 172 cities of the world participated in the sixth Pan-Armenian Games of 2015. Pan- Armenian games are held in 17 sports - football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, athletics, tennis, table tennis, chess, badminton, swimming, beach volleyball, dancing, golf, handball, arm wrestling, cycling and shooting.