GCC and Ministers of Youth and Sports held here today at Sheraton Hotel their 29th meeting, chaired by HE Minister Youth and Sports Salah Ghanim al-Ali.
Their excellency the ministers expressed their sincere thanks and appreciation to HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al -Thani, who is also the Chairman of the current session of the GCC Supreme Council for Qatar hosting the 29th meeting of the Youth and Sports ministers and for the hospitality and warm welcome accorded to them.
Their Excellencies the ministers expressed the GCC states full support for Qatar organizing the World Cup 2022, regarding this World Cup not for the State of Qatar only , but for all Gulf and Arab world. They announced full support of the State of Qatar to host the World Cup and to meet all the needs for organizing the World Cup at the same time expressing their confidence in Qatar's high capacity for hosting the World Cup as the best in the history of the World Cup.
During the meeting, the GCC Ministers of sports and youth issued a number of resolutions and approved several proposals to boost joint action in sports and youth-related They approved proposal for organizing a cultural festival for GCC youth and assigned Kuwait to make necessary arrangements and set a date for the first edition.
The Ministers also agreed on a Saudi proposal to integrate some of the people with slight handicaps into the GCC youth events. They chose Italy to be the host of an event to enhance interaction between Gulf youth and other world youth.
They ratified the youth committee's five-year plan of action (2015-2020), the training committee's plan for 2015 and the GCC youth houses plan for 2016.
At the end of the meeting, the ministers decided their 30th session to be held in Saudi Arabia in March next year.
Source: QNA