Mauricio Macri goes to Switzerland to meet with the FIFA President on the organization of the 2030 World Cup

Friday, April 12, 2019 14:39

Infantino with Macri

In full tour in Belgium and France, that Mauricio Macri will undertake at the end of the month to advance the negotiations for a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, At the last moment, an unexpected stop in Switzerland was concluded with a clear objective: the president will meet in Zurich the head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, to comment on the progress of the Argentine proposal for the 2030 World Cup in progress in Argentina. , Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay.

According to Infobae, three qualified sources from Casa Rosada were invited. President Macri will be at FIFA headquarters in Zurich on May 1 to hold a key meeting with Infantino.

"There is a concrete idea of ​​the President to show the FIFA owner the firm intention of Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay to host the 2030 World Cup. , and that a short stop will be made in Zurich ", confirmed a government official The procession will organize the workers day in Switzerland before returning to the country.

It can not be ruled out that in the meeting with Infantino, President Macri transmits the new proposal to study in Bolivia to the South American project of the FIFA World Cup, 2030.

Infantino was last December in Buenos Aires as a special guest as part of the G-20 summit and met with Macri at a meeting where they discussed the idea of ​​a "meeting". a World Cup in South America and proposals on which the four countries involved had worked.

After that, the general manager maintained telephone contacts with Infantino in the middle of the scandal of the Copa Libertadores final between River and Boca, where the Conmebol Disciplinary Tribunal finally decided to play the last match at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid.

In turn, Macri received on 20 March in Olivos, his Paraguayan counterparts, Mario Abdo, of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez and Chile, Sebastián Piñera, as well as the president of Conmebol, Alejandro Domínguez. They discussed the 2030 Dudamerican World Cup project and tentatively decided to join Bolivia and define Argentina and Uruguay as venues for the opening and final of the eventual world championship. soccer.

In this context, Infantino and Macri will meet in Zurich in order to talk about the 2030 World Cup and to evaluate the real possibilities of the region for this event. In fact, the FIFA president said a few months ago that Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay did not have to worry about the fact that the 2026 World Cup would take place in the Americas, since the United States, Canada and Mexico were chosen as meeting places. .

The idea that Macri travels to Switzerland to see Infantino is strictly reserved for Casa Rosada, lest the President be questioned for his unofficial visit with the FIFA chief on Labor Day. But in the government, they downplayed this idea: "It's a brief stopover and the return of two very important state visits, and there is no reason to question it," said one of the relatives. of the Head of State.

Source: https://www.infobae.com/politica/2019/04/12/macri-viaja-a-suiza-para-reunirse-con-el-presidente-de-la-fifa-y-hablar-del-mundial- 2030 /

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