Ethiopian delegation participating in BRICS sports ministers meeting

Addis Ababa, June 23, 2024 (FBC) – Ethiopia is participating in a two-day 2024 BRICS sports ministers meeting that has been underway in the Russian city of Kazan.

Ethiopian Minister of Culture and Sports, Kejela Merdassa, is participating in this BRICS sports forum,

At the meeting, participants are reviewing the BRICS sports cooperation in recent years and discussing in depth the cooperation in mass sports, competitive sports, sports industry and international sports affairs and among others.

In his remarks on the forum, Ethiopian Minister of Culture and Sports, Kejela Merdassa expressed his pleasure over Ethiopia’s full membership of BRICS, the global emerging bloc.

He also appreciated all those who contributed to strengthening the cooperation among the BRICS member countries, according to Ministry of Culture and Sports.

As the meeting  aimed at strengthening sports development and people-to-people ties, the BRICS sport ministers discussed multifaceted and indigenous sports competitions that can play a greater role in strengthening the friendship and cooperation between the member countries.

The ministers in the forum also underscored the high level of competition and organization as well as confirmed the need to create new formats of sports events in BRICS countries.

On the margins of the BRICS sport ministers meeting, Culture and Sports Minister Kejela also conferred with his counterpart Mikhail Degtyarev, Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation.

The two sides discussed the possibility of working together in the field of sports and they have reached consensus.