President KOC visits OCA HQ 16-04-2005

The newly elected President Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) Mr. Kim Jung-Kil along with the new Secretary General Mr. Kim Sang-Woo visited the OCA headquarters on 16th of April 2005 and had meetings with H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, President OCA and Mr. Muttaleb Ahmad, Director General. OCA.

The meeting focused on the joint participating of the North and South Korean teams in the 15th Asian Games in Doha in December 2006.

President KOC also expressed the keen desire of the people of Korea to host the 2011 Winter Asian Games as well as the 2014 Asian Games.  He stated that the KOC had the full backing of the Korean Government.

The establishment of the High Level Training Center in Korea was also discussed and the President KOC agreed to increase the number of sports in the HLTC.

The Korean delegation also paid a visit to the site of the new OCA headquarters, which is under construction and expressed their appreciation and support for the project.