Mr.Ali bin Ghanem Al-Kuwari, President of the Qatar and West Asia Federation, Vice-President of the Asian Confederation, member of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Board of Directors, chaired the General Assembly of the West Asian Volleyball Federation, which was held at the Sharq Hotel in Doha City yesterday.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Abdul Hadi Shabib Al-Mutairi, President of the Kuwaiti Federation, Dr. Khalid bin Mansour Al-Zughaibi, President of the Saudi Federation, Walid Shehadeh Al-kassouf, President of the Lebanese Federation, Eng.Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Muqbali, President of the OmanFederation, Hamza Mahmoud Radi, President of the Palestinian Federation, Jamil Aziz, President of the Iraqi Federation, Mohsen Ahmed Saleh, President of the Yemeni Federation, and Anas Sami Qabilat, Secretary General of the Jordanian Federation , Mufeed Elias Al-Shareet, Secretary General of the Syrian Federation, and Muhammad Salem Al-Kuwari, a member of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Volleyball Federation.

The meeting was also attended as an observer by Abdulaziz Al-Baloul, Vice President of the Asian Volleyball Federation, Youssef Ahmed Kanou, Secretary General of the Qatar Volleyball Association, and Mrs. Sadah bint Saeed Al-Azari, member of the Omani Federation.

At the beginning of the meeting, Ali Al-Kuwari welcomed the attendees and wished them a pleasant stay in their second country, Qatar, and emphasized the depth of fraternal relations between the Arab federations.

Mr. Ali Ghanim Al-Kuwari reviewed the recommendation of the President of the Asian Volleyball Federation that it is necessary to activate the statute and bylaws of the federations of the Asian Volleyball Regions on December 5, and the minutes of the previous General Assembly meeting held last October were ratified and approved via video communication technology, and the agenda of the General Assembly was ratified. In addition to presenting and discussing the Union’s future policies, plans, objectives and programmes, the appointment ofMrs. Sadah bint Saeed Al-Azari as Head of the Women’s Committee was approved.

During the meeting, chaired by Mr.Ali Al-Kuwari, the ratification and approval of the accreditation and nomination of: Eng. Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Muqbali, President of the Omani Federation, as Vice-President of the West Asian Federation, and Brigadier Jihad Qteishat, Vice-President of the Jordanian Federation, as Vice-President of the West Asian Federation. Mohammed Salem Al-Kuwari (Qatar) Secretary General of the West Asian fedration, and the ratification of the selection of the treasurer, Kuwaiti Dr. Abdul Hadi Shabib Al-Mutairi, and Youssef Ahmed Kanou (Qatar), the Assistant Treasurer of the West Asian Federation.

Mr.Muhammad Salem Al-Kuwari, a member of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Volleyball Federation, expressed his optimism in the West Asian Federation Council headed by Mr. Ali Ghanem Al-Kuwari, noting that there is an ambitious development plan targeting all the basic axes of the game, most notably: national teams, competitions, promising centers, competitions and others.