The second West Asian Men’s and Women’s Athletics Championships, organized by the Lebanese Athletics Federation, was officially opened on Sunday afternoon at the Al Jamhoor Club Stadium under the auspices of the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, with the participation of nine countries, namely the Sultanate of Oman , Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon.

The massive official opening ceremony was held in the presence of representatives of official, political, diplomatic and sporting events, representatives of athletics, sponsors officials, press and media representatives, led by Minister of Information Ziad Makari, representing the sponsor of the tournament General Aoun, President of the Lebanese Olympic Committee Pierre Galah, Attorney Ibrahim Shueiri, representing Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. George Callas, Colonel Fadi Estefan, representing the Commander of the Lebanese Army, General Joseph Aoun, Brigadier General Hussein Khashfe, representing the Director General of the Internal Security Forces, Major General Imad Othman, Major Dimitri Sakr, representing Director General of Public Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, Representative Pierre Bou Assy, Ambassadors and Diplomats of the countries participating in the West Asian Championships, President of the Asian Games Athletics Confederation, Major General Dahlan Al-Ha mad and members of the Continental Federation, President of the West Asian Federation Sayyar Al-Enezi and his deputy Muhammad Issa Al-Fadala and members of the federation, head of the sports department in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Muhammad Oveidat, president of the Lebanese Athletics Federation Roland Saade and members of the federation, president fencing federation Jihad Salameh, tournament director Amin Lebanese federation general Wissam Al-Hawli, heads and members of the delegations participating in the tournament, the family of athletes In the Lebanese media and a large crowd of press and media in the local and Arab media.