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Illustrative: Israel players watch the penalty shootout during the Euro 2020 playoff semi-final soccer match between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on October 8, 2020. (Andy Buchanan/AFP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates The UAE Football Association said Saturday it would sign a memorandum of understanding with the Israel Football Association on Monday in Dubai, in the presence of FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
The move comes after Israel established diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, signing an accord along with Bahrain in Washington in September.
The “cooperation agreement” with the Israeli FA includes “the establishment of friendly matches for all national teams and clubs” and “joint workshops for the technical and administrative members of the federations,” the United Arab Emirates’s FA said in a statement Saturday.
DUBAI: The UAE Football Association said Saturday it would sign a memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Football Association on Monday in Dubai, in the presence of FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
The move comes after Israel established ties with the UAE, signing an accord along with Bahrain in Washington in September.
The “cooperation agreement” with the Israeli FA includes “the establishment of friendly matches for all national teams and clubs” and “joint workshops for the technical and administrative members of the federations,” the United Arab Emirates’s FA said in a statement Saturday.
The agreement “comes in activation of the peace treaty that was signed between the United Arab Emirates and Israel,” General Secretary of UAE FA Mohammed Abdullah Hazzam Al-Dhaheri was cited as saying in the statement.