Presidency of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Kurdistan Region President receives Iraq’s Minister of Youth and Sports

2020-11-05T19:48:23.000000Z
Internal relations
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, November 5, 2020

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Iraq’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Adnan Darjal, in Erbil on Thursday.

At the meeting, the general conditions of sport and sports activities in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region were discussed. The two sides also shed light on ways to provide better conditions for sports activities in the country, the importance of encouraging young people to develop their physical education and capabilities and utilize their talents to develop and rebuild the country.

Both sides underlined the need to maintain a national vision and strategy for the development of sports and youth engagement in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. They also agreed that greater cooperation and coordination were necessary in the fields of sports and youth activities between Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

The President and the Minister, who is a renowned veteran footballer, exchanged views on the challenges facing sports in Iraq and ways to resolve them, creating job opportunities for the youth, ways to encourage youth participation in the reconstruction process of the country and the future of sports in Iraq in general.