On May 5, in the United Arab Emirates, a meeting was held between Mansur Usmanov, Executive Director of the Ak Bars Hockey Club, Hassan Fisal, Director of the Kazan International Institute for Cooperation with African and the Middle East Countries, and Hamel Al-Qubaisi, Vice President of ADIHIC for the Middle East Region. During the meeting, issues of the Organization’s development, involvement of new members and cooperation with Islamic banks were discussed.

Hamel Al-Qubaisi stressed that one of the tools to popularize ADIHIC could be the recognition of the Organization by the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation. During the talks, the parties decided to prepare a bilateral meeting between ADIHIC President Nail Maganov and Federation President Khalid Faisal Abdulaziz.

Following the meeting, the parties decided to discuss possible areas of cooperation with the Ice Hockey Federation of Arab countries being created in Kuwait, as well as to complete the first stage of the creation of ADIHIC in an accelerated mode.