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The Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj received in a meeting the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, who visited our country for the first time in the capacity of the head of the IOC, together with the member of the Executive Committee, the Ukrainian record athlete, Sergei Bubka. Veliaj, who donated the “Tirana Clock Tower” to the senior official of the Olympic Committee, expressed confidence that this visit will serve as another meeting point of joint projects in the field of sports.
“I am very happy today that the President of the World Olympic Committee, my friend Tomas, and the famous Sergei Bubka, as well as the fantastic team coming from the Olympic Committee, are in Tirana to support Fidel, as well as our boys and girls. of the Olympic Committee. I am very proud of the work they have done because it has been a moment of transition and transitions are never easy. The fact that we got an Albanian Olympic Committee ruined, both financially, morally, in terms of structure, and today we have raised it to its feet, since the Tokyo Olympics, and despite the achievements of the Olympic Committee, our athletes, this it’s a good day. The fact that the President of the International Olympic Committee is also here today is a very good message. “Now is the time to increase cooperation and do extraordinary work for Tirana.”said Veliaj.
The President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, who presented the Mayor of Tirana with one of the 300 commemorative medals of the Tokyo Olympic Games, said:
“Thank you very much for the pleasant reception. I want to convey to you our thanks and congratulations for what you, personally and the Municipality of Tirana, are doing for sports in Albania. It is really wonderful to see how you understand the importance of the contribution of sport to society and especially to the education of children, because that is our future and that is the value of sport. “I think we can look forward to a bright future for sport in Tirana and Albania.”said Bach.
Addressing the Olympic champion, Sergei Bubka, Veliaj said that Albania will always be with the Ukrainians to support them, but especially the sports contingent located in our country.
“Mr. Mayor, thank you very much for what you and the Albanian nation are doing for the Ukrainian people and especially for the Ukrainian sport. “You welcome our athletes, give them a temporary home, because we believe we will be back soon, and we are certainly very happy to see how you pay attention to the values of sport and the Olympic movement.” said Bubka on his part.
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