Non-Resident ambassador of Brazil to Mongolia Clodoaldo Hugueney said here
Wednesday his country was ready to help Mongolia develop football.
Hugueney made the remarks at a meeting with the director of Implementation
and Coordination Department for Sport Policy of Culture, Sport and Tourism
Ministry of Mongolia, D. Jargalsaikhan. During the meeting, the two sides
discussed collaborations in sports and agreed to sign a memorandum to bring
Brazil’s experiences in football development to Mongolia, reports Xinhua.
The ambassador also said Brazil holds superiority in team sports including
football, basketball and volleyball while Mongolia enjoys advantages in
individual sports such as boxing, judo, freestyle wrestling among others and
hoped the two countries can cooperate and exchange experiences in those
sporting events.
In recent years, Mongolian government had intensified its efforts to promote
the popularization of youth football and since 2000 Mongolian Football
Confederation had implemented many programs together with Asian Football
Confederation (AFC) and International Federation of Football Association (FIFA)
to help Mongolia develop football.