Kazakhstan may bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the country's Minister of Tourism and Sports Temirkhan Dosmukhambetov said.
"We may bid for 2018 or 2022 [Winter Olympics]," Dosmukhambetov said during a visit to the construction site of sports facilities for the 2011 Asian Winter Games, which Kazakhstan will host.
The application deadline for the 2018 Winter Olympics expired in 2009, but Kazakhstan may bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics by 2013.
Dosmukhambetov emphasized that Kazakhstan's potential and economic capabilities are high.
"If the IOC commission considers the bids without bias, we will have a real chance," he said.
ALMATY, December 9 (RIA Novosti)
