Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev meets with AFC President Sheikh Salman to discuss football development

The high-level discussions centred on the role and impact of the government reforms in the rise of football in Uzbekistan.

On the arrival of Sheikh Salman in the Uzbek capital, the AFC President was greeted by Dilmurod Nabiev, Sports Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Oybek Kasimov, the Deputy Minister and Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbekistan Football Association Senior Vice President.

The AFC President also met Abdusalom Azizov, the Uzbekistan FA President and other top officials at the FA headquarters to discuss the further development of football in the country and co-operation in organising AFC events in Uzbekistan in the near future.

As part of the Central Asian tour, the AFC President will also visit the Kyrgyz Republic (September 17-19) and Tajikistan (September 19-21).