Asia: Saudi and French Olympic Committees sign MOU to strengthen sporting ties

The President of the Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee, HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, and the President of the French Nationwide Olympic Sports activities Committee, David Lappartient, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration between the 2 NOCs.

The MOU signing came about within the Saudi capital Riyadh on February 14. Additionally attending the ceremony was SOPC Vice President Prince Fahad bin Jalawi and SOPC Secretary Basic Abdulaziz Baeshen.

With this MOU, each NOCs are stepping up their efforts to strengthen the Olympic Motion and to share sport-related information that may additional their respective developments on the executive and technical fronts.

On condition that the following Olympic and Paralympic Video games can be held in Paris this summer time, the MOU is extremely important because it offers Workforce Saudi the prospect to intently observe the planning of such huge sporting occasions.

French NOC President Lappartient, who additionally attended the King Salman Camel Racing Pageant, expressed his pleasure and known as it an important likelihood to collaborate on initiatives, advance the combination of sport into society and strengthen ties between the 2 NOCs.