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China donates sports balls in Albania
July 14, 2007
China donates sports balls in Albania
TIRANA, July 13 (Xinhua) -- An Albanian high official
expressed on Friday gratitude to China for donating
1,500 sports balls in Albania, saying there is a great
potential to intensify cooperation between the two
countries in sports field.
"We are grateful for China's free aid to Albania, and
this is part of our cooperation in sports field,"
Neritan Alibali, vice minister of the Albanian Ministry
of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports, said at the
hand-over ceremony in a Tirana stadium.
He said China has given Albania a hand in the country's
preparation for the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In June this year, China invited twenty Albanian
athletes -- boxers and track and field athletes -- to
China to receive training, and four Albanian sports
physicians will go to China in August to study, Alibali
said.
The donation includes basketballs, footballs and
volleyballs, valued at 10,000 euros (13,800 U.S.
dollars).
Tian Chang-chun, Chinese ambassador to Albania, said he
hoped these sports equipment will have an active role in
the development of Albanian sports.
This is the second donation China has made in Albania in
July. On July 2, China donated in Albania about 1,400
computer units, valued at one million euros (1.38
million dollars).
2 comments:
hi, I was wondering if I could ask you to link to/mention my project, www.albaniabridge.co.uk, to build a bridge in Northern Albania? It would be awesome...faleminderit!
Hon! I would love to! As a matter of fact I have given you a couple of bucks a few months back (remember, I told you what Ura e Shtrenje means?). However, I don't know how to add links! Once I have time, I'll try my hand on it.
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