CAIRO - Sports Minister al-Amri Farouq met with the Egyptian mission participating in the 2013 Mediterranean Games due to be held in Mersin, Turkey during the period from June 20 to June 30, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported. Khaled Zein, Head of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, Osama Yassin, the Minister of Youth, Major General Ahmed al-Awadi, a representative of Ministry of Defence, and Khaled Hammouda, the Head of the mission attended the meeting. There is full coordination between the Sports Ministry and all ministries and authorities for the sake of Egypt youth, said Al-Amri. He said despite of Egypt's ongoing woes, the Pharaohs won 338 medals during the last six months. The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. The idea was proposed at the 1948 Summer Olympics by Mohamed Taher Pasha, chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, and they were first held in 1951. The Games were inaugurated on October 1951, in Alexandria, Egypt, in honour of Mohamed Taher Pasha, the man to whom their inspiration is owed, with contests being held in 13 sports along with the participation of 734 athletes from 10 countries.
