The International Olympic Committee has invited sports minister M.S. Gill for a meeting in Switzerland on June 18 to discuss the contentious tenure limitation guidelines while insisting that the regulations should not be implemented till then.
“Following our previous communications in relation to the current situation of the Olympic and sports movement in India and as directed by IOC president, I would like to invite you for a meeting on 18th June (afternoon) at the IOC Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, in order to discuss and review this situation with you,” the IOC’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) relations director Pere Miro wrote in a letter to Gill.
IOC member Randhir Singh and Husain Al-Musallam, director general and technical director of the Olympic Council Asia, would also be present in the meeting, Miro said in the letter.
The IOC official also made it clear that the sports ministry should not implement the guidelines meant for the sports bosses in the country till then. “As already mentioned in our previous letters, until we discuss these issues openly and amicably, it is our understanding that the guidelines which were issued by your ministry will not be imposed on the organisations of the Olympic movement in India.” Miro added.