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FIFA passes resolution offering full support for holding 2018 World Cup in Russia

Published 25/07/2015, 16:28
© Reuters. FIFA's President Blatter shakes hands with Russia's President Putin during the preliminary draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup at Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg

(Reuters) - FIFA has passed a resolution offering full support for holding the 2018 World Cup in Russia, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Saturday at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

© Reuters. FIFA's President Blatter shakes hands with Russia's President Putin during the preliminary draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup at Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg

"I would like to inform you that the executive committee has recently adopted a new resolution in which FIFA assures the Russian Federation of its full support in carrying out the World Cup in Russia in 2018," Blatter said at the meeting in St Petersburg before the preliminary draw.

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