The President of Uzbekistan takes part in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Opening Ceremony

Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, will be present at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Opening Ceremony in Ashgabat on 17th September 2017, informs the official website of the President of Uzbekistan on Thursday.

On the official website of the President of Uzbekistan, it is stated that Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been invited for taking part in the opening ceremony of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games by the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

During the visit, a number of bilateral meetings between the head of our state and leaders of other countries will be held.

The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games take place from 17th to 27th September in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan with 21 sports on the official program, five Olympic sports (cycling, equestrian, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling), five Olympic sports contested only in non-Olympic formats (basketball, athletics, football, swimming and tennis) and eleven non-Olympic sports (bowling, chess, cue sports, dancesport, ju-jitsu, kickboxing, kurash, muaythai, sambo, belt wrestling and traditional wrestling).