2030 World Cup to ‘bridge gaps’ and ‘promote sporting values’ - Spanish Foreign Minister
Madrid – The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation ad interim, José Manuel Albares, has stated that the 2030 World Cup, awarded to Morocco, Spain, and Portugal, will “build bridges between countries and civilizations and promote the values of sport.”
“Together with our neighbours, Portugal and Morocco, we will host the 2030 World Cup. By organising the Cup on two continents for the first time, Spain, Morocco and Portugal will build bridges and promote the values of sport,” Albares wrote on his X social network account.
A statement from the Royal Cabinet added that “His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, has the great pleasure of announcing to the Moroccan people that the FIFA Council has just unanimously accepted the Morocco-Spain-Portugal file as the sole candidacy for the organization of the 2030 Football World Cup.”
This decision by the Council of the International Football Federation welcomes and recognizes Morocco’s prominent place in the concert of great nations, the press release stressed.
“His Majesty the King addresses, on this occasion, His congratulations to the Kingdom of Spain and the Republic of Portugal, while reiterating the commitment of the Kingdom of Morocco to work in perfect synergy with the authorities in charge of the file in each of the host countries,” the press release from the Royal Cabinet read.