Kazakhstan Joins Islamic Solidarity Games Commission

Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan, Alimzhan Akayev, has been appointed as a member of the Commission for Islamic Solidarity Games of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), according to the National Olympic Committee’s press service.

The decision was made at the 42^nd session of the ISSA executive council and was officially approved by ISSA president Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, The Caspian Post reports citing Kazinform.

Noteworthy, President of the International Hockey Federation Tayyab Ikram, Director General of the Morocco NOC Amine Kouame and a member of the board of directors of the Bahrain Olympic Committee Fajer Jassim also joined the commission.

Earlier, Kazakhstan joined the World Ethnosport Confederation.