Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was due to meet FIFA general
secretary Jerome Valcke in Brussels on Monday to discuss several
sticking points over the organisation of the 2014 World Cup.
“It’s a meeting between President Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian sports
minister Orlando Silva and Jerome Valcke,” FIFA’s press office told AFP,
without providing further details.
“FIFA president Sepp Blatter will not participate.”
The meeting was organised at the behest of the Brazilian authorities
due to disagreements about a bill submitted for approval by the
Brazilian Congress on September 19.
The bill seeks to limit FIFA’s control over image rights for the 2013
Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup, both of which will take
place in Brazil.
Silva has admitted that “there could be certain points of
disagreement” with FIFA, but said in a statement on Friday that he was
committed to establishing “a harmonious working relationship” with world
football’s governing body.
Rousseff arrived in Brussels on Sunday to begin a visit that will include an EU-Brazil summit focusing on the eurozone crisis.
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