MP: Participation of Armenian athletes in Greco-Roman wrestling  championship in Baku could not take place under normal conditions

ArmInfo.  Armenophobia and hostility toward the Armenian people in Azerbaijan have an  institutional foundation, which was once again evident at the awards  ceremony for an Armenian athlete in Baku, as stated  by Tigran  Abrahamyan, a member of parliament from the opposition faction "With  Honor."

According to him, it was clear from the very beginning that the  participation of Armenian athletes in the Greco-Roman wrestling  championship in Baku could not have taken place under normal  conditions.  "However, here I want to focus on other factors. The  whistles and shouts heard during the awarding of our wrestler, Janes  Nazaryan, were perhaps expected, but they remind us of other  circumstances. In Azerbaijan, Armenophobia and hostility toward the  Armenian people have an institutional basis,  and, incidentally, even  amidst relative stability in other respects, Baku shows no regression  in this regard.

"Secondly, it is also evident that under the conditions of the  Azerbaijani dictatorship, if there had been the desire, the  hooliganism emanating from the stands could have been prevented, but  Azerbaijani cowardice prevails even there. I express my support to  our athletes, fully recognizing what it means to be in a hostile  Azerbaijan, to compete in such an atmosphere, and to win," Abrahamyan  wrote. 

On July 29, Janes Nazaryan won the gold medal at the U17 World  Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship held in Baku. The Armenian  national anthem was played in the Azerbaijani capital to honor the  victory, though spectators jeered and booed the anthem during the  award ceremony.