00:03for the first time in its history fifa took its annual congress to paraguay in 2025 it was an
00:11opportunity for fifa president gianni infantino to promote football as a mechanism to help unite
00:17the world during a period of global instability football does indeed unite the world this is not
00:25just our motto this is a reality and i have to say that after the last few days as well
00:34spending
00:35time with some of the world leaders i think i can really say here also behalf of the entire football
00:43family that we all want to unite we all want to bring everyone together we want peace and this
00:52has to be a call from all of us for peace in the world to put aside all the conflicts
00:58and to unite
00:59and football can definitely play a role in that so let's all unite the world
01:08in peace and through football headline topics at the 75th annual congress included the robust health of
01:18fifa's finances and the inaugural edition of the club world cup the idea was also floated the 2030 world
01:26cup may include 64 teams up from 48 in 2026 and 32 in 2022 i think today um both the
01:38president of
01:38common ball and the people president posed the open question about the centenary world cup and uh but
01:47all ideas are welcome but no specific ideas have been discussed infantino also took the opportunity
01:54to reassure delegates that the united states would be a welcoming host despite the trump administration's
02:01hostile rhetoric towards foreign visitors i think it's important uh to say one thing very clear we had
02:09a meeting last week of uh the white house task force on fifa world cups and the world is welcome
02:20in america
02:22of course the players of course everyone involved all of us but definitely also all the fans and let's
02:31be clear about that this doesn't come from me this comes from the american uh government everyone is
02:38welcome obviously those who want to come and celebrate football those who want to come to create trouble
02:45like in every country in the world well they are not welcome they are not welcome anywhere in the world
02:50actually let me be clear about that as well they are not welcome in football
02:57infantino's message was reinforced by vittoria montagliani the canadian president of conca
03:03the confederation responsible for organizing the 2026 tournament
03:09obviously i'm canadian so everybody's welcome in canada in mexico and usa there are you know as much as
03:15there are also fifa members or concacaf members so i know how they are so i'm sure you know everybody
03:21will be welcome with open arms listen countries have laws those three countries have laws like the
03:26country here so obviously people have to abide by them and respect the laws but i think the whole world
03:31will be welcome in those three countries
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