Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the President
of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach. The meeting was attended
by Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi, President of the Association
of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Mustapha Berraf, Chairman of
the International Handball Federation Hassan Moustafa and President of the
Egyptian Olympic Committee Hisham Hattab.
The Spokesperson for the Presidency stated that the President
welcomed the visit of the President of the International Olympic Committee to
Egypt, praising the IOC's key role in promoting interest in sports at the
international level. The President highlighted Egypt’s efforts to develop and
modernize the sports infrastructure nationwide. This is in addition to the
construction of Egypt's International Olympic City in the New
Administrative Capital and efforts made to raise the efficiency of
international airports and the transport network and to develop roads and axes
in Greater Cairo and surrounding cities, in order to facilitate movement
between facilities, thus maximizing Egypt’s capabilities in the sports
infrastructure in the interest of citizens and to host major international
championships in various sports at the highest organizational, administrative
and logistical levels.
