The Ministry of Sports Development hosted the first meeting of the heads of ministries and agencies responsible for the development of physical culture and sports of the SCO member states.
At the event, with the participation of SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming and responsible officials in this sphere of the organization’s member states, the current state of the sports industry, as well as the development of physical culture and sports in the context of the ongoing pandemic, and further promotion of a healthy lifestyle were discussed.
At the event, the Secretary-General of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan Oybek Kosimov spoke about the preparations for the 4th Asian Youth Games to be held in Tashkent in 2025.
The participants welcomed the decision to regularly hold SCO marathons in Kunming (China) and the Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic. In turn, the heads of delegations of the member states of the organization unanimously recognized the high level of organization of the SCO Tashkent Half Marathon held on March 27 this year.
Following the event, an agreement was reached to hold a regular meeting of the heads of ministries and agencies responsible for the development of the physical culture and sports of the SCO member states in India.
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Bekhruz Khudoyberdiyev, UzA