The pan-Armenian Olympics-style tournament that kicked off in Yerevan on Saturday is seen as a measure to encourage people of Armenian origin to return to their homeland, according to a report pulished by AFP on Sunday.
More than 3,200 athletes - representatives of the huge Armenian diaspora as well as native residents - will compete in Yerevan at the Pan-Armenian Games, a showpiece nine-day event including sports like football, tennis, swimming and volleyball, says the report, Tert.am reported.
"We talk a lot about migration, about the fact that many young people leave the country, but these games are the opposite of that - they attract them back," the chairman of the Pan-Armenian Games World Committee Ishkhan Zakarian was quoted as saying.
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