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FIFA president briefs Greek PM on World Cup preparations

FIFA president briefs Greek PM on World Cup preparations

Alkass Digital

 FIFA President Gianni Infantino met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece and held fruitful discussions on a wide range of topics, including the latest preparations for the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, which begins with Qatar facing Ecuador on November 20, 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium, in Doha on Monday.


In a statement on its official website, FIFA said that Infantino and Prime Minister Mitsotakis discussed the latest updates on football in Greece and the wider topic of global football development, a key part of the FIFA presidents' Vision 2020–2023, in addition to holding fruitful discussions on a wide range of topics.


FIFA added that this meeting between Infantino and Prime Minister Mitsotakis follows a previous meeting in New York in September 2021.


In July 2022, President Infantino also hosted the newly elected President of the Hellenic Football Federation, Panagiotis Baltakos, for a meeting at FIFA's offices in Paris.