2023-06-22 11:53:27
Saudi Arabia, Greece and Egypt decided, at a meeting yesterday, Wednesday, not to submit a request to organize the FIFA World Cup in 2030, according to local Greek websites.
Kathirini newspaper reported that officials from Greece and Saudi Arabia discussed backing down and not submitting a request to organize the World Cup in 2030, which was to include Egypt as well.
She indicated that the decision came following the Saudi government decided to withdraw, in light of the pressure to organize the tournament in Europe, specifically in Spain and Portugal.
The “Greek Reporter” website stated that the representatives of Saudi Arabia and Greece reached a decision on Wednesday not to submit the candidacy file, indicating that Athens was subjected to strong criticism with the news that appeared last February regarding the potential joint file, because of its “cooperation with two governments accused of committing violations once morest human rights.” “.
None of the three aforementioned countries has officially announced such a file or plans to organize the World Cup.
However, AFP said that Saudi Arabia, which is witnessing social and economic openness, is willing to submit a joint file with Egypt and Greece to host the World Cup in 2030.
Morocco announced its candidacy within a file that also includes Portugal and Spain to host this edition of the World Cup, hoping to become the second Arab country to host the tournament following Qatar organized the last edition in 2022, and the second in Africa following South Africa in 2010.
According to a statement by the Moroccan Royal Court in the middle of this month, the joint file “will bear the title of linking Africa and Europe, between the north and south of the Mediterranean Sea, and between the African continent, the Arab world and the Euro-Mediterranean space.”
Ukraine initially joined Spain and Portugal as a potential partner in its bid for the 2030 edition, but with no end in sight to the war with Russia, Morocco has offered to participate with the two European countries in a joint bid, according to Archyde.com.
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