ASHGABAT, Oct. 15 members of the CIS in Astana to hold regular sports competitions «Games of Friendship», the Russian-language newspaper of the government «Neutral Turkmenistan» reported on Saturday. Speaking at the summit, the head of state noted that one of the important elements of humanitarian cooperation in the CIS «is sports cooperation, to which Turkmenistan traditionally devotes great attention, acting as the initiator and organizer of major international sports forums. «In this regard, the Turkmen leader proposed to create a Coordinating Committee for holding international sports games under the auspices of the CIS Council for Physical Culture and Sports.» More specifically, to begin work on organizing regular «Friendship Games «, and open for participation not only athletes from the CIS, but also from other countries who will show them interest,» the President of Turkmenistan said. According to him, the Friendship Games can be seasonal, that is, they can be summer and winter, held in the format of youth, youth competitions, in certain sports, etc. «Draft Charter of the Coordinating Committee with a detailed statement of its goals, composition, organizational aspects, we have developed. We count on the support of this initiative and are ready, taking into account the existing experience, the availability of good infrastructure, to hold the first Friendship Games in Turkmenistan,» Berdimuhamedov said.
