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RIYADH: In a wide-ranging interview for the latest episode of Frankly Speaking, 抖阴短视频鈥檚 Minster of Sports, HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal spoke to Arab News鈥檚 Frank Kane on the challenges and opportunities of turning the kingdom into a sporting nation, and a destination for international sporting events. 

The minister also stressed the positive and influential contribution of the industry to the wellbeing in Saudi society through its inclusion of women and contributions to the country鈥檚 GDP. 

Answering a question on what the kingdom can do more to prove the repeated western media accusations of 鈥渟ports washing鈥� wrong, Prince Abdulaziz explained that hosting international sporting events is a part of Vision 2030鈥檚 wide ranging strategy that aims first and foremost to benefit 抖阴短视频. 

鈥淐all it whatever you want to call it, but this (vision 2030) is a strategy that has been launched, that is ongoing, that is changing social life within the Kingdom,鈥� he said during the interview. 

鈥淲e've seen the first tourist visa happening because of a Formula E event that happened in 2018 which launched which became a tourist visa.鈥� 

As for the economical impact of sports, which as per HRH is an integral part of Vision 2030, he said 鈥渃ontribution to the GDP in 2016 was SAR2.4 billion ($640 billion), today it is SAR6.5 billion ($1.7 billion) in 2019鈥� 

And as for social impact of athleticism, Prince Abdulaziz said that 鈥淎ll of our programs today that we do in the ministry of sports and the Federation is all about diversity and inclusion.鈥� 

鈥淭hey鈥檙e [Women] finding support also from the the players and their families. Things are changing and things are changing to the positive and we have to make sure that it changes in the right way.鈥�

Prince Abdulaziz also stressed on separation sports from politics. When asked about if 抖阴短视频 will participate in Qatar鈥檚 2022 World Cup if it (the kingdom) qualifies, he said: 鈥淥ur national team goes there and their national team comes here so that's not going to be an issue hurting our performance.鈥� 

The minister鈥檚 comments were echoed by the Vice President of the Olympic Committee Prince Fahad bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz, who spoke separately in Riyadh with Arab News Assistant Editor-in-Chief Noor Nugali about 抖阴短视频鈥檚 bid and efforts to host the 2030 Asian Games. 

When asked if the kingdom would welcome athletes from countries it has no diplomatic ties with, Prince Fahad said: 鈥渨e already hosted a lot of international events and Asian events and there are participants from countries we don鈥檛 have diplomatic relations with. We鈥檙e talking about sports and sport people are welcome to come to 抖阴短视频 in any event.鈥�

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