FIFA president addresses G20, calls for ceasefire during upcoming World Cup

The International Football Federation (FIFA) said Tuesday that President Gianni Infantino has made a direct plea to world leaders gathered in Indonesia for the 17th Group of Twenty (G20) summit to call for a ceasefire during the upcoming Qatar World Cup.

“FIFA president also called on to begin a dialogue as a first step to bring the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to an end,” added the press release.

“Football is a force for good. We are not naïve to believe that football can solve the world’s problems. We know that our main focus as a sports organization is and should be sports, but because Football Unites the World, this particular FIFA World Cup, with five billion people watching it, can be a trigger for a positive gesture, for a sign or a message of hope,” he further stated.

Infantino addressed his messages when assembled with heads of state at the intergovernmental forum, including 19 countries and the European Union, according to the same source.