Armenia lifts Turkish visas for football match

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Bringing Ararat Back: Soccer boss set to repair loss of biblical mount on Federation logo


Armenia’s soccer governing body on Thursday confirmed that all of the several proposed new designs of the organization’s logo will again have the image of Ararat, the biblical mount revered as a national symbol by many Armenians.

Thus, Federation Chief Ruben Hayrapetyan made good on his promise given earlier in October to redress the regrettable omission and restore the national pride on the organization’s coat of arms.

“As we promised, we present several designs of the logo and I would like the best one to be chosen as a result of discussion,” Hayrapetyan told a press conference. “We also tried to grant the public desire to ensure that Mount Ararat is present on all proposed logos.”

In the days leading to a World Cup qualifier between the national teams of Armenia and Turkey in Yerevan, which was widely viewed as an opportunity for fence mending between the two estranged nations, the Armenian Football Federation introduced a new logo where the usual graphic depiction of Mt. Ararat was missing.

The move in early September was construed by critics as an appeasement of the Turkish side ahead of a crucial summit between the two countries’ leaders in the Armenian capital and prompted strong criticism from several political groups, notably the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Some opponents also alleged derogatory treatment of the national emblem with the use of a football on it and threatened legal actions against the soccer body for what they claimed to be an abuse of Armenian law.

The uproar eventually led to Hayrapetyan’s admitting his fault and promising to redesign the logo. At the same time, Hayrapetyan made it clear that the change of the logo design leaving out Mt. Ararat was a regrettable omission rather than the result of pressure from any state structure. He also said that the decision on having a new design was made still before the draw put Armenia and Turkey in the same qualifying group.

Talking to media on Thursday Hayrapetyan repeated that there had been no “political order” for changing the logo. “Consider this to be my and Federation’s technical mistake and don’t seek any political implications behind all this,” he said.

Ararat, which, by the Bible, was the resting place for Noah’s Ark after the Great Flood, is now in the territory of eastern Turkey (historical Armenia). The extinct two-pinnacle volcano with snow-capped summits (often referred to by Armenians as Masis and Sis) dominates the skyline of capital Yerevan and since ancient times has been revered by the Armenians as their spiritual home.

According to the Federation, the final selection of the new logo will be made in November, by the time of the governing body’s annual conference – an event where it is due to be unveiled for the public. At the same time, the Federation chief said that the new logo would no longer be used on the jerseys of Armenian teams. Instead, soccer players will wear outfits with the Republic’s national emblem emblazoned on them.

From http://armenianow.com/?action=viewAr...D=1207&lng=eng

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Thats good that Armenia lifts the Visas for Foreigners this is a sign of normalization in relationship that has been affected for years. BTW Armenia has good relationship with my country Canada because of the huge Armenian Diaspora. I wonder if the West (EU,US, Canada) will lift Visas for Armenians anytime soon?