KUWAIT - The 2029 Asian Winter Games, originally scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia, will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Monday.

The OCA and Kazakhstan are set to formalize the agreement by signing the Host City Contract Thursday in Milan, Italy.

Saudi Arabia was awarded the hosting rights in 2022. However, last month, a joint statement from the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the OCA announced the event had been indefinitely postponed.