Sheikh Joaan chairs meeting of Presidents of GCC Olympic Committees

Doha, Qatar: President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani chaired the 36th meeting of the Council of the Preside...

Doha, Qatar: President of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani chaired the 36th meeting of the Council of the Presidents of the Olympic Committees of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which was held yesterday in Doha.

H E Sheikh Joaan opened the meeting with a speech in which he welcomed the attendees and conveyed to them the greetings of Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The QOC President expressed his thanks and appreciation to Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed Al Zubair, President of the Oman Olympic Committee, for the sincere efforts made by the Oman Olympic Committee under his chairmanship during the previous session, which had a significant impact on strengthening the course of joint Gulf sports work.

He praised the great efforts made by the national Olympic committees in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which have been positively reflected in the development of the Olympic and sports movement in the Gulf countries.

H E Sheikh Joaan also congratulated the United Arab Emirates on the distinguished hosting of the first edition of the Gulf Youth Games, which achieved great success and constituted an important tributary for the preparation of new generations of athletes.