The Government of Spain expressed this Tuesday its “support” for the inclusion of Ukraine in the joint Iberian candidacy for the organization of the 2030 Soccer World Cup, considering that sport and peace must always be together.
“It is clear that the Government would support the inclusion of Ukraine in the Iberian candidacy for a reason: linking sport with peace is always good news”, justifies the spokesperson for the Executive, Isabel Rodríguez.
The English newspaper The Times reported on Monday that the governments of Portugal and Spain had already agreed to include Ukraine in the proposal, as had its president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
On Wednesday, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the presidents of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Fernando Gomes and Luis Rubiales, respectively, will promote a press conference to talk about it.
Ukraine organized, in collaboration with Poland, Euro 2012, having also hosted the 2018 Champions League final, at the Olympic Stadium in kyiv.
The Times indicates that the eastern country would receive some challenges from the group stage, which could be a help in the recovery of infrastructures in the post-war period.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.4 million to European countries-, according to the most recent data from the UN, which places this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 5,996 civilian deaths and 8,848 wounded, stressing that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF
