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(ATR) Turkmenistan`s capital hosted the OCA this week ... Next it will host the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

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INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 06: Rejepgeldy Nurmammedow (R), Head of Government of Ashghabat city, Turkmenistan, the next host city of the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games waves the OCA flag as Song Young-Gil (L), Incheon City mayor, Kim Young-Soo (2nd L), president of 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, Weiji Zhong (C), honorary vice President of OCA and Orazov Batyr (2nd R) Sports Minister of Turkmenistan watch on after the flag hand over ceremony during the closing ceremony of the 4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games at Incheon Samsan World Gymansium on July 6, 2013 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - JULY 06: Rejepgeldy Nurmammedow (R), Head of Government of Ashghabat city, Turkmenistan, the next host city of the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games waves the OCA flag as Song Young-Gil (L), Incheon City mayor, Kim Young-Soo (2nd L), president of 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, Weiji Zhong (C), honorary vice President of OCA and Orazov Batyr (2nd R) Sports Minister of Turkmenistan watch on after the flag hand over ceremony during the closing ceremony of the 4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games at Incheon Samsan World Gymansium on July 6, 2013 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

(ATR)Ashgabat hosted the Olympic Council of Asia this week and will now prep to host the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

The OCA has concluded its 34th General Assembly.

Around the Rings European correspondent Brian Pinelli was in the Turkmenistan capital, covering the event.

Key items on the agenda for the OCA included the re-election of Sheikh Ahmad for another four-year term as OCA president on Wednesday and awardingHangzhou, China the 2022 Asian Games.

Ahmad addressed the assembly and said that the coming years will represent an "unprecedented era" for Asian sport, with Asian countries respectively hosting the 2018, 2020, and 2022 Olympic Games.

Prior to the general assembly this week, the OCA executive board and finance committee held meetings in Ashgabat.

This marked the 67th meeting of the OCA executive board.

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