Baghdad – IA
The President of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee, Aqeel Muften, expressed the committee’s readiness to support the game of Kyokushangai on the continent, the Arab world, and locally. This came during his meeting with the President of the Asian Federation, President of the Iraqi Kyokushangai Federation, Ammar Adnan Wahib.
A statement by the Olympic Committee received by the (INA) stated, “Muftin listened to a brief presentation presented by Wahib about the reality of the game, the rules for its practitioners in Iraq, and the Asian Confederation’s endeavor to develop it in Iraq and throughout the countries of the continent.”
He added, “The President of the Olympic Committee called on Wahib to use his responsibilities to improve the reality of the game in his country. Muftin also expressed the readiness of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee to support the game federation in its endeavor to organize the Arab Kyokushangai Championship, in the capital, Baghdad, during the month of December of this year.”