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Azerbaijan, Baku, April 14 / Trend M. Aliyev /
Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Ismail Ismailov was elected Chairman of the Council on Physical Culture and Sports of the CIS countries at today's meeting in Baku.
"Developing relations between the CIS countries in the field of sports contributes to the development of relations between these countries in other areas," he said at the meeting.
He said that during the presidency he will use all his potential to expand ties within the Council and contribute to the development of sports worldwide.
"There are all the conditions for joint work of the CIS countries in the field of sports," Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov said at the meeting.
He stressed the need to coordinate the actions of the CIS countries in nominating the candidates for the international organizations. He said that it is possible to achieve more qualitative training for sportsmen of these countries for international competitions by expanding athletic ties between the CIS countries.
Stressing the conditions created in Azerbaijan to prepare for sports competitions, Azerbaijani minister said that about 29 Olympic complexes have been already built and that another 10 will be built in Azerbaijan in future.
The Council Chairman was previously the Minister of Sports in Belarus for two years.
The session of the Council on Physical Culture and Sports of the CIS countries, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the CIS, was launched in Baku today.
In May 2010 the Council of the CIS Heads of Governments in St. Petersburg decided to mark the 20th anniversary of the Commonwealth. In May 2010 a decision was made to hold a meeting of the Council on Physical Culture and Sports in Baku during the Council's meeting in Minsk.
The representatives of nine CIS countries are attending the meeting in Baku.