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00:00NEWS FROM MEDIA MORNING
00:16Welcome everyone, I am delighted to see you for the new edition of the MEDIA MORNING, here are the headlines.
00:23All roads lead to Morocco, Portugal and Spain, officially designated by FIFA as the highest country in the world in 2030.
00:36In Syria, Israeli air strikes targeted military sites belonging to President Bashar al-Assad's army in the border provinces of Latakia and Tartus.
00:49Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Somali and Ethiopian leaders had reached an agreement under his auspices to put an end to tensions,
01:02notably on access to the Sea of Ethiopia following several hours of negotiations in Ankara.
01:08MEDIA MORNING
01:12It is the Morocco-Spain-Portugal trio that will organise the World Cup in 2030.
01:19It is no surprise given the strength of the candidacy process presented by these three countries on Wednesday at its General Assembly in Zurich,
01:28that FIFA has officially assigned them the organisation of this World Cup.
01:35It is a big day for Morocco, the world, but also for Africa, which will once again host this World Cup,
01:44which will also take place on two other continents, namely Europe and South America.
01:50South America will host three matches of this international competition, hand in hand.
01:55Morocco, Spain and Portugal are offering a wide range of high-quality sites for the World Cup in 2030,
02:02across 17 high-profile cities with iconic facilities,
02:08and are regularly hosted by the world's largest clubs, as well as modernisation projects.
02:16Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations.
02:22The FIFA President has therefore officially announced the attribution of the World Cup in 2030 to the Morocco-Spain-Portugal trio.
02:29Gianni Infantino, who I suggest you listen to just after,
02:33you will have the reactions of the presidents and representatives of the football federations of the highlands.
02:39And now, we can officially confirm
02:45Allow me to officially confirm to you the highlands that will co-organise the World Cup in 2030.
02:52Morocco, Portugal and Spain. Congratulations to all of you.
03:02I thank you for trusting my country, Morocco, as well as our two partners, Portugal and Spain,
03:15to co-organise the World Cup in 2030.
03:19This trust that you placed in my country, by retaining its candidacy within the tripartite candidacy,
03:27once again testifies to the achievements, both in terms of the specific preparations for the event,
03:34and in terms of the global development of the country,
03:38led by a clear vision of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, may God assist him.
03:43This will not only contribute to the success of the organisation,
03:48but also to the realisation of what we have always defended,
03:53namely that sport in general, and football in particular,
03:59form a lever of socio-economic and human development.
04:03Mr President, dear colleagues,
04:06the tripartite candidacy will create a place in history.
04:11And not the least, this is the first time that this universal event is organised at the same time,
04:18in Africa, cradle of humanity, and on the old continent, Europe.
04:24I thank you.
04:25This consecration is the logical path of the vision,
04:29enlightened by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, may God assist him,
04:34which allowed Morocco, in tripartite candidacy,
04:38with its Portuguese and Spanish friends,
04:42the privilege of organising this global event in 2030.
04:48Our thanks go to the President of FIFA,
04:52Mr Gianni Infantino,
04:55to the President of the Federation,
04:57and to the operational teams of FIFA,
05:00who have accompanied us throughout this process of candidacy.
05:06The appointment is set for 2030, God willing.
05:09Let's go!
05:11We are proud to be officially chosen
05:14to co-organise the World Cup of 2030.
05:18This proves that we are capable of organising such an event
05:23and to welcome so many people in our country.
05:29It is a historic moment for all of us
05:32to see Portugal, Morocco and Spain
05:35organise together such a grand event.
05:40We are happy and proud to be paid high for the World Cup of 2030.
05:44It is an honour for us.
05:45The last time we organised this sporting event was in 1982.
05:50Since then, our country has changed and evolved enormously,
05:54and you will certainly notice it by 2030.
05:58Thank you all for your support.
06:01Our respective football federations thank you for your trust.
06:06The official appointment of Morocco
06:08to be paid high for the World Cup of 2030
06:10alongside Spain and Portugal
06:13at the FIFA's extraordinary conference,
06:15which was held yesterday via video conference,
06:18is a source of great pride for African football.
06:23This is what the President of the African Football Confederation,
06:26Patrice Moutsepe, said today.
06:28It is a source of great pride for African football
06:31because Morocco is becoming the second African country
06:34in history to host the FIFA World Cup.
06:37Moutsepe said this in a statement
06:40from the African Football Confederation.
06:42We want to express our deep gratitude
06:45to His Majesty the King Mohammed VI,
06:47the government and the Moroccan people
06:49for having launched and supported
06:51Morocco's candidacy for the World Cup of 2030.
06:54Did he continue?
06:55The president of the CAF said he is particularly proud
06:58of the decisive role and exemplary leadership
07:01of the Moroccan President of the African Football Confederation.
07:04He also expressed his gratitude to the members of the CAF
07:07for their solidarity and their indisputable support
07:10for Morocco's candidacy.
07:17Morocco is one of the top countries in the World Cup of 2030.
07:20This is good news for our continent.
07:23Great names of African football are applauding.
07:27The case of the former attacker of the Salomon Kalou elephant
07:30that we will listen to just after the former Senegalese international
07:33El Hadji Dehoof.
07:36As you have seen, you have seen that on my lips
07:39there is a smile of happiness.
07:42This is what everyone was waiting for.
07:44I envy my young brothers who will play the World Cup in Africa
07:47because if I had been asked before to wait
07:50to play the World Cup in Africa, I would really say yes.
07:54First of all, that's why I wouldn't start talking about the candidacy
07:57or the fact that it was officially said by the president of FIFA.
08:05Now what we have to say is that it's up to us to play.
08:08And thank you once again to His Majesty the King
08:11who gave us another gift today.
08:14He had already given the Moroccan youth a gift.
08:17It's the Africa Cup next year.
08:20And today, the cherry on the cake,
08:23it's the World Cup in 2030, the 100th anniversary of FIFA.
08:26And I don't think we can do better.
08:29This decision and this World Cup
08:32that we are going to organize here,
08:35it's not just the World Cup of Morocco,
08:38it's the World Cup of Africa,
08:41of the whole world, the lovers of football.
08:44And people come here, many for the holidays,
08:47for tourism.
08:50And I think now it's up to us Africans
08:53to be able to fill the stadiums here in Morocco,
08:56whether it's in the Champions League
08:59or in the Cup of the King,
09:02to fill the stadiums and show people
09:05that football is not South African,
09:08football is not European, football is African.
09:11Through this election, I think all of Africa is proud.
09:14As an Ivorian, first of all,
09:17because Morocco is still a free country.
09:20But it's also a pride for the whole African continent
09:23because Morocco will highlight African culture
09:26and African sport.
09:29They did it during the 2002 World Cup in Qatar
09:32where they were the first nation to send Africa
09:35to the semifinals.
09:38So they are in the continuity.
09:41After the World Cup in 2034,
09:44Saudi Arabia was appointed by FIFA
09:47to organize the 25th edition of the World Cup.
09:50Saudi Arabia, a superpower in the world of sports,
09:53was the only candidate
09:56after the renunciation of Australia and Indonesia.
10:04The UN General Assembly
10:07Wednesday, a very large majority,
10:10an immediate ceasefire and a conditional in Gaza,
10:13a symbolic call rejected by Israel and the United States.
10:16We are grateful for this overwhelming support.
10:19The Palestinian Ambassador to Yad Masour reacted.
10:22We will continue to knock on the door of the Security Council
10:25and the Assembly until a ceasefire is put in place
10:28to add the diplomat who, during the debates,
10:31had called on the international community
10:34to put an end to the nightmare of the inhabitants of Gaza.
10:37The resolution adopted by 158 votes for,
10:409 against and 13 abstentions
10:43requires a ceasefire,
10:46immediate, unconditional and permanent,
10:49as well as the immediate and unconditional liberation
10:52of all hostages,
10:55a formulation similar to the blocked text.
10:58A few weeks ago, at the Security Council
11:01of the United States at the end of November,
11:04the United States used again their veto rights
11:07to protect their Israeli ally,
11:10who has been carrying out a military offensive
11:13in the Palestinian territory for more than a year.
11:16In the news also in Syria,
11:19Israeli air strikes targeted military sites
11:22belonging to the army of President Esh-Shubashar al-Assad
11:25in the coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus.
11:28This is what the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights
11:31stated this Wednesday.
11:34Israeli fighter jets launched air strikes
11:37targeting military sites in the port of Latakia
11:40as well as warehouses in the neighboring province of Tartus,
11:43indicated by the OSDH,
11:46adding that Israeli fighter jets
11:49continue to destroy what remains of the Syrian military arsenal
11:52for the fourth consecutive day
11:56since the fall of the old regime.
12:04Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
12:07announced yesterday that Somali and Ethiopian leaders
12:10had found an agreement under his auspices
12:13to put an end to tensions,
12:16notably on access to the sea of Ethiopia
12:19following several hours of negotiations in Ankara.
12:22Erdogan, who qualified the historic agreement
12:25during a joint press conference with Ethiopian and Somali leaders,
12:28added that he hoped
12:31that this would be the first step
12:34towards a new beginning based on peace,
12:37cooperation between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa.
12:40According to the text of the agreement published by Turkey,
12:43the parties agreed to abandon
12:46the divergences of opinion and litigious questions
12:49and to go resolutely forward
12:52in cooperation for a common prosperity.
12:55At this end, they will start technical discussions
12:58at the end of February,
13:01which will end in four months,
13:04the possible divergences being resolved by dialogue,
13:07if necessary, with the support of Turkey.
13:19Here is the invitation
13:22of the major media journal Morning La FIFA
13:25to officially validate this Wednesday
13:28the tripartite candidacy
13:31of Morocco, Spain and Portugal
13:34for the organization of the World Cup 2030
13:37during its extraordinary congress,
13:40thus proceeding to the vote of the candidacy
13:43called YALA Vamos.
13:46I am here with Mr. Saïd Hamda,
13:49a sports journalist.
13:52Hello Saïd Hamda,
13:55thank you for accepting our invitation.
13:58Hello, with pleasure.
14:01After a process of several months,
14:04the case of Morocco, Spain and Portugal
14:07for the World Cup 2030 has been validated
14:10by La FIFA during its extraordinary congress,
14:13a historic moment for Morocco.
14:16What does this tripartite candidacy mean for you,
14:19held by La FIFA?
14:22There was no real surprise.
14:25Everyone was waiting for Morocco, Portugal and Spain
14:28to organize this World Cup in 2030
14:31since these three countries had no competitors.
14:34It must also be added that there will be three matches
14:37that will be played, in particular in Uruguay,
14:40to celebrate the centenary of the World Cup,
14:43since the first World Cup took place in 1930
14:46and therefore in 2030 it will be 100 years old.
14:49There will be three matches for the symbolic,
14:52but most of the matches will be played in Spain,
14:55Portugal and of course in Morocco.
14:58And Morocco today shows that it is simply
15:01the locomotive in Africa.
15:04The last World Cup in Africa took place in 2010
15:07and I think that Morocco will organize this World Cup
15:10since Morocco is fighting today to get the final
15:13thanks to the new stadium Hassane 2,
15:16which will be located between Casablanca and Rabat.
15:19A stadium that will be magnificent, a stadium that will be modern
15:22and that will potentially be the largest stadium in the world
15:25with 115,000 seats.
15:28So Morocco today is in competition with iconic stadiums,
15:31such as Bernabeu or Camp Nou.
15:34I am convinced that the last final 20 years ago
15:37took place in Africa, it was the only one.
15:40Maybe it's time for the World Cup to be played again in Africa.
15:43The consolation prize will possibly be the opening match,
15:46which is also a very beautiful showcase.
15:49But I am fully convinced that Morocco will have the final
15:52at the Hassane 2 stadium.
15:55According to the FIFA World Congress 2030,
15:58will be jointly organized by Spain, Portugal and Morocco
16:01with three meetings.
16:04You mentioned it earlier.
16:07In South America, the World Cup of the Centenary
16:10will finally bring together six countries.
16:13An unprecedented assembly since the first edition in 1930.
16:16What do you think?
16:19Well, it poses some ecological problems.
16:22We will not deny it.
16:25It is very complicated to organize a competition on three continents,
16:28because it is really only three matches
16:31that will take place in South America.
16:34The main thing, I think, is not necessarily there,
16:37even if it is a serious and important subject.
16:40I think it is especially Morocco, Portugal and Spain
16:43who will really organize this World Cup.
16:46And it is a winning co-organization.
16:49Already for Morocco, it solidifies its ties
16:52with its European neighbors,
16:55namely Portugal and Spain.
16:58But it is also very interesting financially,
17:01because a World Cup is extremely expensive to organize.
17:04For example, Qatar spent
17:07nearly 220 billion dollars
17:10during the last edition.
17:13Well, they have a little bit, even very largely,
17:16exploded the budget, because if we compare
17:19with what is comparable for us with South Africa,
17:22in 2010, it was another time,
17:25South Africa had spent 3.6 billion.
17:28And let's say that in the last 20-30 years,
17:31if we do not count Qatar, it was Brazil
17:34that had spent the most, with 15 billion.
17:37Today, it allows Morocco not to spend too much,
17:40at least to spend intelligently by sharing the costs
17:43with both Spain and Portugal, and to benefit
17:46from a new soft power, a soft power that Morocco
17:49has had for a few years.
17:52We saw it at the 2022 World Cup, Morocco
17:55impressed the world by the sporting results, of course,
17:58but not only, it was much deeper than that.
18:01Morocco impressed by the values transmitted,
18:04by the culture, and I think that in 2030,
18:07people will be pleasantly surprised to see
18:10the Moroccan welcome, to see the infrastructures in Morocco,
18:13and to see the capacity of Morocco.
18:16The World Cup 2030 is the culmination
18:19of a long course of previous attempts.
18:22It is the project of a whole nation.
18:25Let's talk about the strong points of the Moroccan candidacy in 2030.
18:31On the strong points, Morocco has already
18:34candidated several times at the World Cup.
18:37We are not on a candidacy, we were lucky in one shot.
18:40You should know that the first candidacy at the World Cup
18:44for Morocco took place in 1994, and Morocco
18:47tried five failures, but these failures were
18:50failures that Morocco was able to build
18:53around these failures, since every time the file
18:56was refused, Morocco evolved, Morocco progressed.
18:591994, 1998,
19:022006, 2018
19:05and 2010, in this case.
19:08So Morocco used that.
19:11Today, Morocco is ready.
19:14In terms of infrastructure, Morocco has developed a lot,
19:17especially with the TGV lines, since Morocco is the only country
19:20in Africa to have a TGV.
19:23Today, there are also line extensions that are planned.
19:26The highways will also change.
19:29In terms of hotelling, Morocco is over-equipped.
19:32And in terms of stadiums, we said it, there are a lot of stadiums
19:35that are under construction, in particular the stadium of Tangier,
19:38which will be built especially for the occasion.
19:41So today, Morocco has all the strength to show the world
19:44that Morocco is ready to welcome such an event.
19:47And the general rehearsal will take place in less than a year,
19:50in January 2026, with the Africa Cup organized at home.
19:54Six Moroccan stadiums have been held
19:57to host the matches.
20:00What are the cities that have been selected
20:03to host the World Cup matches in 2030?
20:08From memory, the matches that have been selected,
20:11it seems to me that there is Agadir, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat,
20:14Fez and Tangier.
20:17If I'm not mistaken, from memory, it's the cities that have been selected.
20:20Anyway, there are not many surprises.
20:23It seems to me that Spain takes 11 stadiums,
20:26Morocco 6 and 3 stadiums for Portugal.
20:29These are stadiums that are ultra-modern.
20:32I had the chance to go to the Tangier stadium,
20:35which is really very, very big.
20:38Anyway, by 2030, it will be renovated
20:41and become even more impressive.
20:44I also had the chance to go to the Agadir stadium.
20:47I didn't have the opportunity to do them all,
20:50but in any case, in terms of infrastructure,
20:53I know that Morocco will be ready.
20:56And Morocco will prove it already in 2025,
20:59by making a can at the height.
21:02Of course, to choose.
21:05I think that all Moroccans want to welcome the final.
21:08And I really believe in it,
21:11because Fawzi Lekja,
21:14who is really a very, very good president of the federation,
21:17works in this direction.
21:20And besides, I think it's very important
21:23that the Moroccans,
21:26the Moroccan people,
21:29the president of the federation, work in this direction.
21:32And besides, he has expressed himself lately
21:35by fully displaying his confidence to welcome this final.
21:38I think that the investment of the Hassane II stadium
21:41between Kaza and Rabat is also a weight argument
21:44to show all the Moroccan power
21:47and its ability to welcome.
21:50As I said, the symbolism is also simply to say
21:53that the last final in Africa took place in 2010.
21:56It will be 20 years later that Morocco could potentially
21:59bring back a World Cup final on the African continent.
22:02So the symbolism is beautiful.
22:05After that, it is true that the competition is strong.
22:08If tomorrow it is the Santiago Bernabeu stadium that welcomes the final,
22:11we will not lie to ourselves, it will not be a scandal,
22:14knowing the work they have done and that the stadium is ultra-modern.
22:17But I think that in a very subjective way, you can imagine.
22:20But I would really like the final to return to the African continent
22:23and that Morocco can simply enjoy this exhibition
22:26and that we end up in apotheosis.
22:29After that, if we had to settle for an opening match,
22:32the opening match is also watched by billions of people.
22:35It will also be an opportunity to whistle
22:38and to show our ability to organize
22:41and introduce a global event.
22:44So whatever happens, it will be beneficial for Morocco,
22:47because we are in the discussion either for the opening match or the final match.
22:51But to choose the final, of course, would be the dream.
22:54Speaking now of the issues,
22:57what are the real issues of this World Cup 2030?
23:00And according to you,
23:03what role could this large-scale sporting event
23:06play in the promotion and promotion
23:09of the Kingdom of Morocco?
23:14This event can allow Morocco to change
23:17even more dimensions,
23:20but we must not give up.
23:23You know, Morocco has been working for years on its development.
23:26Morocco is an ultra-tourist country.
23:29Will Morocco be more touristic after the World Cup 2030?
23:32I don't know, but the issue is not really there.
23:35You know, when we organize this kind of event,
23:38the advantage is to be able to develop at XXL speed,
23:41because we have a goal, we have a goal.
23:44In 2030, we will double the traffic to make additional roads,
23:47to make additional hotels,
23:50to make additional trains,
23:53to improve the infrastructure and become a top-level country.
23:56We are already in the process,
23:59so I'm not worried at all.
24:02It also allows the whole world to discover Moroccan culture,
24:05because where we are in the four corners of the globe,
24:08we don't necessarily have an image
24:12of what Morocco can be in terms of landscapes,
24:15in terms of infrastructure.
24:18We can have a lot of prejudices.
24:21The 2022 World Cup was really extremely beneficial at this level,
24:24because when we got to the semi-finals,
24:27in the final four, of course, a lot of countries were interested in us.
24:30I saw images in the United States, images in Australia,
24:33images all over the world, in Korea,
24:36where people wore the Moroccan jersey,
24:39which for four or five years was totally unimaginable.
24:42So the World Cup is a huge soft power.
24:45It's the way to show your culture, your identity.
24:48And I think the Moroccans are very attaching.
24:51Mr. Saïd,
24:54unfortunately we are coming to the end of our section.
24:57Thank you for this insight.
25:00Thank you for answering our questions.
25:03And I remind you that you are a sports journalist.
25:11This concludes this edition.