The Qatar Athletics Federation held a reception ceremony to the athletics VIPs and guests in Doha during the organization of the 15th Asian Games-Doha 2006. This ceremony was attended by the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations, Mr. Lamin Diac, and the President of the Asian Athletics Federation as well as a number of presidents of Asian and Arab athletics federations. The date of holding this ceremony was 10/12/2006 in the Diplomatic Club.

H.E. Dahlan Alhamad, the President of Qatar Athletics Federation, welcomed the attendants in Doha and expressed his pleasure to meet the leaders as well as the stars of athletics in Doha. He wished the participants the best of luck and success in the 15th Asian Games-Doha 2006.

The President of the International Association of Athletics Federations in his speech also forwarded his best wishes of success to all participants and expressed his admiration of the best organization of Asian Games referring to the legendry opening ceremony which he finds better than some Olympic Games events. He, also, referred to the competitive nature of the Doha 2006 Asian Games providing the example of Qatari gold medal achievement in the 1500m event though it was nominated to be seized by Bahrain, while the opposite happened in the event of 10000m where everybody expected Qatar to seize the title but Bahrain could achieve it. This instance, indeed, was provided by the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations to emphasize the competitiveness that the Asian Games witnessed in Doha and surpassed all expectations especially in Athletics events. Mr. Lamin Diac expressed his happiness for being in Doha to witness the competitions of the 15th Asian Games- Doha 2006. He, also, referred to the next elections of IAAF and said that the Asian continent realizes that IAAF supports all national federations impartially. Moreover, he focused on the anti-doping issue and the necessity to prohibit it completely. Finally, the ceremony witnessed several bilateral dialogues focused on the international and Asian athletics scenes. H.E. Dahaln Alhamad, Mr. Khalid Almeer and a number of board directors from Qatar Athletics Federation had fruitful talks with the participating delegates to emphasize on various cooperation and coordination issues for the near future stage.