Qatar 2022: Gianni Infantino, FIFA president & lead ambassador for the XXII World Cup

A "ceasefire, for one month, for the duration of the FIFA World Cup" in the war that the Russians have been waging in Ukraine since 24/02/2022, is the idea put forward by Gianni Infantino (SUI/ITA), president of FIFA, to the leaders of the world's major countries gathered at the 17^th G20 Summit, in Bali (Indonesia) on 15/11/2022

"Football touches the emotions of people. It is about passion, inclusion. Football and the FIFA World Cup can create real standstills of countries, and a World Cup (64 matches) is watched by five billion people - more than half of the world population, all over the world," said Infantino during his speech.

If Gianni Infantino shares anything in common with his Swiss compatriot Joseph Blatter, FIFA president from 1998 to 2016 and a native of the same canton - Valais - it is this desire to put football on the agenda of the highest international summits and the greatest causes, even if they are far from sport. Before being swept away by business, Sepp Blatter once dreamt of a Nobel Peace Prize.

"FIFA brings together 211 countries, more than the UN (193),…