Reza Salehi Amiri, Head of Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), said in the sidelines of the meeting that the sports body has decided to cooperation with some European countries.
In this regard, the chair and several officials of the Hungarian National Olympic Committee visited Tehran and had a meeting with Iranian counterparts, according to Salehi Amiri.
He also said that Iran’s NOC has chosen Hungary as one of the countries to send coaches and champions for training and the body would annually provide fund for the people selected for the program.
Iran and Hungary also agreed to exchange coaches on specific sports fields, said the official, adding that Iran could train Hungarian coaches in wrestling, taekwondo and karate and Hungary can give training in fencing and water polo.
Elsewhere, the President of Hungarian NOC Krisztián Kulcsár, said that the MoU was aimed at leveraging the countries’ capacities in sports.
He said that each country is competent in specific sports fields and they can use each other’s capacities.
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