The Assembly of the Peoples of Eurasia invited Abkhazia to the Sports Council

The State Committee on Physical Culture and Sport of the Republic of Abkhazia held a meeting with Chairman of the Council for Sport of the Assembly of Peoples of Eurasia, Nikolay Bukhonin.

Sukhum. 18 January. Apsnypress. The State Committee on Physical Culture and Sports of Abkhazia held a meeting with Chairman of the Council of Sport of the Assembly of Peoples of Eurasia, Vice-President of the Union of Professional and Non-Olympic Sports of Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of Russia, Co-Chairman of the Commission on Interethnic Relations Central Council of supporters of the United Russia party, Nikolay Bukhonin. The meeting was attended by representatives of the State Committee on Sport  of Abkhazia, State Committee for Youth Policy, the Equestrian Federation of Abkhazia, Federation of karate.

 Opening the meeting, Bukhonin stressed: "We are linked with Abkhazia by a long-standing friendship in the field of sport and art. My visit is connected with the fact that the issue to invite Abkhazia to join this Council was raised at the meeting of the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of Eurasia. Therefore, I declare on behalf of the Assembly that we extend the hand of friendship of Abkhazia and invite it to join the Council of our organization. "

 For his part, chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports Bagrat Khutaba noted: "Membership in the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of Eurasia can become a gateway to Abkhazia for the world community. Thanks to the conclusion of bilateral interstate agreements, the relations between Abkhazia and Russia have outgrown from neighborly to fraternal, so the State Committee for Sports and I hope the government of Abkhazia will support your proposal "