Gulf News Salman bin Ibrahim at the meeting of the Executive Board of the Asian Union in Muscat

The President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, chaired Tuesday the meeting of the Executive Board of the Asian Football Federation (AFC) in the Omani capital, Muscat, on the sidelines of the annual ceremony of AFC Awards Ceremony For conferences and exhibitions.

At the beginning of the meeting, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa welcomed the members of the Executive Board. He expressed his pleasure to hold the meeting in Muscat and thanked the Omani Football Federation for its good organization and hospitality.

The AFC Executive Bureau has confirmed its support for the Palestinian Football Federation after the recent Israeli army violations and suggested building a task force to deal with this situation in order to guarantee the interests. Palestinian football..

Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa said: "We will discuss with FIFA the establishment of a working group to address this issue immediately.This team will be a management team.The members include the secretaries general of the International Federation , the AFC, the European Union, the Palestinian Federation and the Israeli Federation in order to achieve comprehensive solutions guaranteeing the rights of Palestinians.

The Executive Board also considered the request of the Bahrain Football Federation to allow its clubs to participate in the Saudi professional league and decided to transfer this request to FIFA, once all the required documents have been completed, for comply with the procedures followed..

The Executive Bureau decided to organize the next awards ceremony in 2019 in Hong Kong, wishing him every success in organizing this event.

His Excellency Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa informed members of the final preparations for the 2018 awards ceremony. He also praised the tangible cooperation of various official bodies of the Sultanate with the AFC in this event a success. Asian football.

The president of the AFC congratulated teams and Asian clubs that have achieved achievements in the past two months, including Saudi Arabia, the AFC Youth Cup U-19, Japan's U-16 U-16 and Asian Champions League champions Kashima Antlers.

The Executive Board also reviewed the preparations for the 2019 Asia Cup in the UAE from January 4 to February 1 and commended the remarkable steps taken by the UAE to prepare for the largest club in the UAE. History of Asian teams. .

The executive office is satisfied with the decision to apply the videoVARFrom the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup, praising the positive cooperation of the International Federation FIFA and the Council of the International FederationIFAB) To adopt all the logistical and technical preparations necessary for the application of video arbitrage technology in the Asian Cup.