Today on November 7, a bilateral meeting was held at the Ministry of sports development of Uzbekistan with the President of the International Kurash Association, Director General of the Asian Games of the Olympic Council of Asia, Mr.Haider Farman, General Secretary of the International Kurash Association Nasseri Nejad Mohammed Reza and the Minister of sports development of the Republic of Uzbekistan Mr.Adkham Ikramov and General Secretary of NOC Mr.Oybek Kosimov. Mr.Farman invited Mr.Ikromov and Mr. Kasimov to participate at the the World Kurash Senior Championship, that will be held on November 23-28 of this year in Puna, India.
About 400 representatives from more than 60 countries of the world will take part in this prestigious championship.
The president of the IKA expressed gratitude to the Government of Uzbekistan in comprehensive support of kurash.
In his speech, Mr.Farman outlined that nowadays kurash is an international sport and its requirements should also be in this criteria, all kinds of international kurash events should be held under the leadership of the IKA as of 2023.
Kurash is homeland of Uzbekistan and all kurash terms and phrases are preserved in Uzbek language.
In his turn minister of Sports Development Adham Ikramov thanked for the invitation to take part at the World kurash championship.