Youth and Sport Minister holds a press conference

According to APA, the minister reported on measures and youth and sport events held in the country during his activity.

Mr.Rahimov said that the state-funded Mortgage interest will be reconsidered soon and declined to rule out decrease of costs. Stressing that building of apartments for new couples is being reviewed too.

Minister Rahimov also informed about the three-sided meeting between Azerbaijani, Armenian Football Federation heads and UEFA special commission in Nyon, Switzerland, for determination of a venue for the match between Azerbaijani and Armenian football teams.

"We informed the UEFA representatives about our bad relations with Armenians. There is skirmish on the frontline everyday We told them that Armenians killed nearly ten Azerbaijani soldiers and officers on the frontline in the past five months. So, it is impossible to receive Armenian team in Baku. I think the members of UEFA special commission for this problem understood us. Though they said they will review this issue, no specific date was shown," The Minister reported.

Commenting on Armenian Football Federation president Ruben Ayrapetyan's statement "UEFA has decided the match venue and ordered the federation heads not to publicize it", Rahimov called this nonsense. He said if it were true, the Azerbaijani side would have known this too.

"It is true, UEFA officials ordered us not to inform the media about the three-sided meeting held in Switzerland. But I don't think there is anything wrong in making it public. As coming to Ayrapetyan's statements, they are false," he said.

The Minister also stressed importance of making our Olympic Games champions Igor Ponomaryov, Kamandar Majidov, who are abroad, to return home country to reinforce development of our sport.

"I think, relevant sports federations in the country should deal with this. I have been recently informed that there is our compatriot in Munich in Germany, who can play football very well, and her mother works in Indian embassy. We invited him to Baku to evaluate him," the Minster noted.

Rahimov also admitted a number of shortfalls in the activity of the Ministry. He said it is the Ministry's fault that Azerbaijani bronze medal winners of the recent European Greco-Roman Wrestling championship in Moscow, Rovshan Bayramov and Fuad Aliyev wore uniforms of their clubs not that of Azerbaijani national team while wrestling. "The Wrestling Federation was to inform us about the lack of uniforms," Rahimov noted.