QFA Vice President and AFC Vice President Saoud al-Mohannadi (R) and FFK President Yerlan Kozhagapanov.

By Sports Reporter/Doha

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Football Federation of Kazakhstan (FFK), yesterday at the QFA’s headquarters in Doha.
FFK, represented by their President Yerlan Kozhagapanov has arrived in Qatar as part of a larger intergovernmental state visit of Kazakhstan with the State of Qatar, headed by their nation’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
FFK President met with QFA Vice President and AFC Vice President Saoud al-Mohannadi and discussed about the long friendship and football history that connects the two federations since the days when FFK was still under the AFC.
The two federations aim to establish a closer co-operation between themselves and this agreement intends to specify ways of sharing expertise and resources, while at the same time supporting the development of football in both nations.  A joint workgroup will now be established, to examine the framework in detail, create an action plan with key deliverables and present a timeline of activities that both Federations can follow and report on.
The FFK President was joined by the FFK Head of International Relations, Tuplar Mansurov, whereas the QFA Vice President was joined by the General Secretary, Mansoor al-Ansari, the Executive Director of the President’s Office, Ali Daoud, and the Executive Director of Strategy and Institutional Development, Mushtaq al-Waeli.