Ministry of Youth and Sports received a delegation of youth leaders from Uzbekistan headed by Mr. Momani Janov Sharif, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Uzbekistan with the aim of exchanging experiences and seeking ways of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of youth and sports.

The meeting discussed the experiences in the sports and youth fields in order to exchange experiences between the two countries. The delegation is scheduled to visit some of the Egyptian youth and sports facilities during their visit to Egypt.

Mr. Janov added that the World Assembly of Youth (WAY), a new association established two years ago in Uzbekistan, has now 9 million members out of 33 million peoples in Uzbekistan where the youth, between the ages of 14-25 years, represents 65% of the population.

 The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Uzbekistan explained that the programs of improving human health are a common interest between the two countries, and praised the ministry's keenness to implement various sports, cultural, social and political activities for young people in youth centers and clubs, and that Uzbekistan is taking the same course to attract youth attention to sports at all education stages.

 He also stressed that there is a special project for youth employment entitled "Youth Our Future", which includes training the youth for productive projects, as well as implementing joint projects between the private sector and the country to fund youth projects, in addition to international forums that working on training future youth leaders in universities and Educational institutes, and implementing youth exchanging programs to benefit from international experiences in this field.

 Murad Allah, chairman of world Assembly of youth of Uzbekistan, said that his country has won many gold medals in recent tournaments and that reflects Uzbekistan's interest in sports talented youth and support them from an early age.

There is also a research institute organizing youth courses for 4 months with the aim of escalating a representative of the Youth Union in each governmental institution, adding that the state has two newspapers, two magazines and two television channels specialized for young people in Uzbekistan.