Prince Mired meets with West Asia Paralympics delegation

AMMAN — HH Prince Mired, president of the Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities and chairman of Paralympics Committee, on Saturday received a delegation from the Paralympics Union of West Asia, headed by Abdelrazzaq Banirasheed, president of West Asia sub-region Para Federation.

Prince Mired expressed his appreciation of the union’s efforts to support athletes with disabilities in the region, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

He praised the many achievements made during the last few years especially the first West Asian Games hosted by the UAE earlier this year, which paved the path for Jordan to host the second games in Amman in 2019.

Banirasheed thanked Prince Mired for the hospitality shown by Jordan’s Paralympics Committee, praising the Kingdom’s role in developing and supporting sport and rehabilitation programmes for people with disabilities in the region.