signing a cooperation memorandum on the agenda of the Iranian and Kuwaiti Olympic Committees

Mr. Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa President and Dr. Mahdi Alinejad Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee held a friendly meeting with Sheikh Fahd Nasser Sabah Ahmad Al Sabah President of the National Olympic Committee of Kuwait

On the sidelines of the 45th General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia, the officials of the National Olympic Committees of Iran and Kuwait met at the Waldorf Hotel.

 Mr. Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa, President, and Dr. Mahdi Alinejad, Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee, held a friendly meeting with Sheikh Fahd Nasser Sabah Ahmad Al Sabah, President of the National Olympic Committee of Kuwait. In this meeting, the NOC President, while thanking the Olympic Council of Asia and the continental Olympic Movement for their worthy and dignified hosting, emphasized on the need to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the form of a memorandum of understanding. The President of Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) also referred to Iran's capacity in various sports disciplines, including the growing disciplines of mixed martial arts, and presented suggestions for cooperation in this area and to consider it in the text of the cooperation agreement. Last month, negotiations were held regarding the text of the memorandum of understanding so that both countries could use each other's maximum capacities, and finally, it was decided to visit the sports infrastructures of both countries before finalizing the text of the agreement.