A bilateral committee on cooperation between Bulgaria and Greece for the organization of the 2004 Olympic Games will be formed, the head of the State Agency for Youth and Sports, Vassil Ivanov, and the Greek Deputy Minister of Culture who is in charge of sports, Iannis Kourakis agreed. Vassil Ivanov heads a Bulgarian delegation that pays a visit to Greece at the invitation of the Greek sports authorities. The two sides reached an agreement to arrange regular annual meetings of the sports ministers of the Balkan countries in order to improve cooperation in the field, to restore the Balkan championships in many sports and to co-organize events on a regional and European level.