Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is ready to host Afro-Asian Games scheduled to be held in October and has all the infrastructure and organisational skills required for the event, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said on Saturday.

Speaking at a function organised by International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium, Naidu told chief guest and President A P J Abdul Kalam that the state has the needed infrastructure to host the mega event of Afro Asian Games.

Kalam later released a software "Reading Aid for the Blind", developed by IIIT. Naidu said he was in touch with Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which has to finalise the venue for the Afro-Asian Games (AAG) in which nearly 90 countries are expected to take part.

The state government had earlier presented to IOA the infrastructure and other facilities the state has and staked its claim to host the games.

PTI