Monday, August 19 2019 13:39

ArmInfo. On August 17, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the closing ceremony of the 7th Pan-Armenian Summer Games in Yerevan's Liberty Square. As the press service of the Prime Minister informs, the event started with the  award ceremony in a number of nominations for the best athletes and  delegations.

The Best Delegation award went to the Russian delegation; the Pan- Armenian Games Revelation award - to the team representing Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Aleppo's girls basketball team won the Fair Play award; the Discipline and Sporting Spirit  award went to Vienna's delegation; the Best Cities nomination was  swept by Echmiadzin and Sydney cities; Anna Tunyan was acknowledged  as Beauty of Pan-Armenian Games. The Prime Minister handed cups and  diplomas to the winners, congratulating and wishing them new  achievements.  Nikol Pashinyan made a speech, in which he stated: 

Dear participants of the 7th Pan-Armenian Summer Games, I welcome you  all.

Again and again, I would like to emphasize that we have enjoyed the  supreme pleasure of being together these days, because we can state  that we are one nation, one people, and united, no matter what part  of the world we live in. And here's the closing ceremony to symbolize  that there is one capital for all Armenians in the world, for every  Armenian, and that capital is Yerevan.

I would like to congratulate all prize-winners in the Pan-Armenian  Games. I would also like to congratulate all the athletes  participating in the Pan-Armenian Games because they have given great  value, great power and great content to the Pan-Armenian Games.

I would like to congratulate all the organizers of the 7th  Pan-Armenian Games, all the participants and organizers of the  opening and closing ceremonies.

I would like to congratulate our compatriots who have made new  friends, new acquaintances, new friends during this Pan-Armenian  Games. I hope that the ties you have achieved will be preserved and  that you will never lose each other in Artsakh and Armenia.

The Pan-Armenian Games have for a while now been a highlight on the  sports agenda of Armenia and Armenians, on the agenda of the public  life of the Armenian people, on the agenda of Armenia-Artsakh-  Diaspora relations. This is the most important platform where we  really feel as one whole, regardless of our political affiliations  and views.

I am convinced that the 8th Pan-Armenian Games will boast an even  greater number of participants, a higher level of sporting spirit,  and our athletes will have greater achievements''.