Chinese sports official to visit Baku

A delegation led by deputy chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee, Tsay Tsin, will pay a familiarization visit to Azerbaijan November 11-14.

The delegation will hold meetings at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the National Olympic Committee and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation to discuss the participation of Azerbaijani athletes in the 29th summer Olympic Games due in China in 2008. Tsin will also look at several sports facilities during the visit, official sources said.*