Yesterday, the National Olympic Committee participated in the 13th General Assembly meeting of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, which was held in the Albanian capital, Tirana, and witnessed the discussion of several reports, most notably the sixth Islamic Solidarity Sports Games, which will be hosted by the Saudi capital, Riyadh, next year.
The National Olympic Committee delegation was represented at the meeting by a member of the Board of Directors of the Olympic Committee, Nabil Ashour, and the Executive Director of the Committee, Muhammad bin Darwish.
The President of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, chaired the meeting in the presence of the Minister of Education and Sports of the Republic of Albania, Ogerta Manastirliu, and the heads and representatives of the Olympic Committees of Islamic countries. Al-Faisal said that next year 2025 will be celebrated on the territory of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the 20th anniversary of Launching the first Islamic Games, during Riyadh’s hosting of the sixth session of the tournament.
For his part, Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and member of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation, Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, reviewed Saudi Arabia’s hosting file for the Sixth Islamic Solidarity Games, which Riyadh will host in November 2025, and revealed the number of games included in the session that will be held. It included 19 sports, including three Paralympic Games, whose competitions were held in four facilities.
At its meeting, the Assembly approved the report of the Federation’s General Secretariat for 2023-2024, the file for hosting the Seventh Islamic Solidarity Games in 2029, and the financial and administrative reports, in addition to discussing the proposed amendments to the Federation’s statute.
The delegation of the National Olympic Committee presented a memorial shield to the Albanian Olympic Committee, within the framework of strengthening cooperation and opening new channels of communication and joint work with Olympic committees in various countries of the world.
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