RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reviewed areas of sports cooperation with Gianni Infantino, the president of the International Federation of Association Football, known as FIFA, in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The two sides discussed how to develop sports opportunities in the Kingdom, reported the Saudi Press Agency.
Minister of Sport Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, Minister of Commerce Dr. Majid Al-Kassabi, Public Investment Fund Gov. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Royal Court Adviser Abdulaziz Tarabzouni, and Saudi Arabian Football Federation President Yasser Al-Misehal attended the meeting.
Infantino spoke earlier on Tuesday at the ninth Future Investment Initiative conference.
“Every panelist shared the sentiment that football is a magic instrument that immediately makes you smile and brings people and communities closer,” he wrote on his Instagram page.
Saudi Arabia is the host country of the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
After a separate meeting on Monday with Prince Abdulaziz, Al-Misehal, and Adwa Al-Arifi, the assistant minister at the Ministry of Sport, Infantino wrote on Instagram that the parties discussed how “sport can grow in the Kingdom and create new ways for people here to be united through their love of football.”
