BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

07/03/2008

Belarus Seeks To Host World Ice Hockey Championship

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka on March 6 met with Rene Fasel, the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Belapan and RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported. Lukashenka, who is an avid ice hockey player, presented Fasel with an award from the Belarusian National Olympic Committee, and assured him that within a few years "Belarus will make itself known as a great hockey power, taking a worthy place in the appropriate rankings." "Everything is being done in our country to turn it into a world-level hockey power," Lukashenka said. Fasel told reporters that Belarus stands a chance of winning the right to host the 2014 World Ice Hockey Championships, but the final decision will be made at a congress of the IIHF. AM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2008/03/3-cee/cee-070308.asp

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