Meklis received the honorary title of Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports in the Kyrgyz Republic.
[1] Meklis graduated from the Kyrgyzstan State Institute of Physical Culture in 1975, and from 1976 played for FC Alga Bishkek, before moving to Alay Osh in 1981.
Currently, he is head of the specialized youth department of the Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic.
[2] He took part in a youth football conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia attended by 85 delegates from 45 countries.
[3] The coach conjectures that Kyrgyz football would improve in the future because of the youth system.