AFC President meets Uzbek Head of State to discuss football development

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC President meets Uzbek Head of State to discuss football development

Tashkent: The Asian Football Confederation President, Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and HE Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, had a highly productive meeting in Tashkent on Monday.

The high-level discussion centred on the role and impact of the government reforms in the rise of football in Uzbekistan.

Shaikh Salman praised Uzbekistan’s policy to popularise mass sports, including support for the development of football and reiterated the Confederation's commitment to jointly promote new programmes with the Uzbekistan Football Association.

HE Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted the dynamically developing partnerships between Uzbekistan and the AFC aimed at creating favourable conditions for the popularisation of football in the Central Asian country and the extensive engagement of young people to it.

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